Theseus

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hero in Greek mythology legendary figure mythological king

Theseus is a legendary hero of Greek mythology best known for slaying the Minotaur and serving as the mythical king and unifier of Athens.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hero in Greek mythology → legendary figure → mythological king →
abducted	Helen of Sparta (in some traditions) →
associatedConcept	Theseus's paradox (Ship of Theseus) →
associatedPlace	Athens →
associatedWithLocation	Labyrinth of Crete →
attemptedAbductionWithPirithous	Persephone →
birthPlace	Troezen →
capturedBy	Hades →
child	Acamas → Demophon → Hippolytus → Melanippus → Munychus → Phaedra's sons →
culture	Ancient Greek mythology →
deathPlace	Scyros →
defeated	Cercyon → Periphetes → Procrustes → Sciron → Sinis → bandits on the road from Troezen to Athens →
enemy	King Minos of Crete → Minotaur →
father	Aegeus →
formerSpouse	Antiope → Hippolyta →
founded	Panathenaic festival (in some traditions) →
friend	Pirithous →
hasSanctuary	Theseion in Athens →
helpedBy	Ariadne →
instituted	Isthmian Games (in some traditions) →
killed	Minotaur →
killedBy	Lycomedes of Scyros (in some traditions) →
lover	Ariadne →
mother	Aethra →
notableFor	being king of Athens → slaying the Minotaur → uniting Attica under Athens →
participatedIn	Argonaut expedition (in some traditions) → Calydonian Boar Hunt →
politicalAct	synoecism of Attica →
possibleFather	Poseidon →
quest	journey to Crete as a sacrificial victim →
receivedObject	clew of thread from Ariadne →
rescuedBy	Heracles →
spouse	Phaedra →
symbol	sword and sandals →
title	King of Athens →
worshippedAs	hero in Athens →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Labyrinth of the Minotaur → Minos → Troezen →	associatedWithHero
Ariadne →	abandonedBy
Minos ("Theseus and the Minotaur") →	associatedMythCycle
Centauromachy →	associatedWith
Minoan civilization →	associatedWithMyth
Labyrinth of the Minotaur →	category
Poseidon →	child
Ariadne →	consort
Labyrinth of the Minotaur →	enteredBy
Amazonomachy →	featuresCharacter
Greco-Roman mythology →	hasHero
Ancient Greek religion →	hasMythologicalFigure
Ariadne →	helped
Heracles cycle →	includesCharacter
Panathenaia ("Theseus (mythical founder of festival)") →	linkedTo
Hades ("Theseus and Pirithous in the underworld") →	notableMyth
Jean-Baptiste Lully ("Thésée") →	notableWork
Panathenaea →	originTraditionallyAttributedTo
Troezen →	reputedBirthplaceOf
Isthmian Games →	traditionalFoundingAttribution