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.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Theseus canonical	106
Duke Theseus of Athens	1
Theseus (Greek mythology)	1
Theseus (in some traditions)	1
Theseus (mythical founder of festival)	1
Theseus (through Minos and Ariadne connections)	1
Theseus and Periphetes	1
Theseus and Pirithous in the underworld	1
Theseus and Sinis	1
Theseus and the Minotaur	1
Theseus cycle	1
Theseus in Crete	1
Thésée	1
figure of Theseus	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hero in Greek mythology ⓘ legendary figure ⓘ mythological king ⓘ
abducted	Helen of Troy ⓘ surface form: Helen of Sparta (in some traditions)
associatedConcept	Theseus's paradox (Ship of Theseus) ⓘ
associatedPlace	Athens ⓘ
associatedWithLocation	labyrinth of the Minotaur ⓘ surface form: Labyrinth of Crete
attemptedAbductionWithPirithous	Persephone ⓘ
birthPlace	Troezen ⓘ
capturedBy	Hades ⓘ
child	Acamas ⓘ Demophon ⓘ Phaedra ⓘ surface form: Hippolytus Melanippus ⓘ Munychus ⓘ Phaedra's sons ⓘ
culture	Greek mythology ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greek mythology
deathPlace	Scyros ⓘ
defeated	Cercyon ⓘ Periphetes ⓘ Procrustes ⓘ Sciron ⓘ Sinis ⓘ bandits on the road from Troezen to Athens ⓘ
enemy	Minos ⓘ surface form: King Minos of Crete Minotaur ⓘ
father	Aegeus ⓘ
formerSpouse	Antiope ⓘ Athena ⓘ surface form: Hippolyta
founded	Panathenaea ⓘ surface form: Panathenaic festival (in some traditions)
friend	Pirithous ⓘ
hasSanctuary	Ancient Agora of Athens ⓘ surface form: Theseion in Athens
helpedBy	Ariadne ⓘ
instituted	Isthmian Games ⓘ surface form: 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	Argonautic expedition ⓘ surface form: 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	Amphictyon ⓘ surface form: King of Athens
worshippedAs	hero in Athens ⓘ

Referenced by (119)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ancient Greek religion → hasMythologicalFigure → Theseus ⓘ

Hades → notableMyth → Theseus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theseus and Pirithous in the underworld

Isthmian Games → traditionalFoundingAttribution → Theseus ⓘ

Poseidon → child → Theseus ⓘ

Jean-Baptiste Lully → notableWork → Theseus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thésée

Minos → associatedWithHero → Theseus ⓘ

Minos → associatedMythCycle → Theseus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theseus and the Minotaur

Panathenaia → linkedTo → Theseus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theseus (mythical founder of festival)

Amazonomachy → featuresCharacter → Theseus ⓘ

Centauromachy → associatedWith → Theseus ⓘ

Minoan civilization → associatedWithMyth → Theseus ⓘ

Troezen → associatedWithHero → Theseus ⓘ

Troezen → reputedBirthplaceOf → Theseus ⓘ

Heracles cycle → includesCharacter → Theseus ⓘ

Greco-Roman mythology → hasHero → Theseus ⓘ

Panathenaea → originTraditionallyAttributedTo → Theseus ⓘ

labyrinth of the Minotaur → enteredBy → Theseus ⓘ

subject surface form: Labyrinth of the Minotaur

labyrinth of the Minotaur → associatedWithHero → Theseus ⓘ

subject surface form: Labyrinth of the Minotaur

labyrinth of the Minotaur → category → Theseus ⓘ

subject surface form: Labyrinth of the Minotaur

Ariadne → consort → Theseus ⓘ

Ariadne → helped → Theseus ⓘ

Ariadne → abandonedBy → Theseus ⓘ

Greek mythology → hasHero → Theseus ⓘ

Underworld → visitedBy → Theseus ⓘ

Heroic Age → associatedWith → Theseus ⓘ

Capture of Cerberus → featuresCharacter → Theseus ⓘ

GreekMonsters → notableOpponents → Theseus ⓘ

Sophocles' play "Oedipus at Colonus" → mainCharacter → Theseus ⓘ

subject surface form: Oedipus at Colonus

A Midsummer Night's Dream → mainCharacter → Theseus ⓘ

Phaedra → spouse → Theseus ⓘ

Phaedra → stepChildOf → Theseus ⓘ

Phaedra → relatedMyth → Theseus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theseus cycle

Athenian tribute of youths and maidens → associatedWith → Theseus ⓘ

Athenian tribute of youths and maidens → endedBy → Theseus ⓘ

Cretan Bull → killedBy → Theseus ⓘ

Cretan Bull → associatedWithPerson → Theseus ⓘ

Labyrinth → enteredBy → Theseus ⓘ

Labyrinth → escapedBy → Theseus ⓘ

Labyrinth → associatedWithCharacter → Theseus ⓘ

Chiron → teacherOf → Theseus ⓘ

Catreus → notableRelative → Theseus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theseus (through Minos and Ariadne connections)

Minotaur → killedBy → Theseus ⓘ

Minotaur → opponent → Theseus ⓘ

Nick Bottom → interactsWith → Theseus ⓘ

myths of Theseus → hasCentralFigure → Theseus ⓘ

myths of Theseus → includesMyth → Theseus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theseus and Sinis

myths of Theseus → includesMyth → Theseus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theseus and Periphetes

Androgeus → associatedWith → Theseus ⓘ

Argonauts → hasMember → Theseus ⓘ

Aegeus → fatherOf → Theseus ⓘ