Theseus myth cycle

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mythological cycle set of Greek myths

The Theseus myth cycle is a collection of ancient Greek legends centered on the hero Theseus, detailing his adventures, battles with monsters, and role in the founding and unification of Athens.

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Label	Occurrences
Theseus cycle	1
Theseus myth cycle canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mythological cycle ⓘ set of Greek myths ⓘ
associatedCity	Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedGenre	heroic legend ⓘ
associatedMythicTheme	foundation of Athenian kingship ⓘ synoecism of Attica ⓘ transition from kingship to democracy in Athenian ideology ⓘ
associatedRegion	Attica NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ
developedInPeriod	Classical Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesCharacter	Aegeus NERFINISHED ⓘ Antiope NERFINISHED ⓘ Ariadne NERFINISHED ⓘ Crommyonian Sow NERFINISHED ⓘ Heracles NERFINISHED ⓘ Hippolytus NERFINISHED ⓘ King Minos NERFINISHED ⓘ Marathonian Bull NERFINISHED ⓘ Medea NERFINISHED ⓘ Minotaur NERFINISHED ⓘ Phaedra NERFINISHED ⓘ Pirithous NERFINISHED ⓘ Procrustes NERFINISHED ⓘ Sciron NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinis NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesEvent	Aegeus throws himself into the sea ⓘ Amazonomachy at Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ Ariadne gives Theseus a thread ⓘ Death of Hippolytus NERFINISHED ⓘ Medea plots against Theseus in Athens ⓘ Phaedra’s false accusation against Hippolytus ⓘ Theseus abandons Ariadne on Naxos ⓘ Theseus abducts Antiope ⓘ Theseus and Pirithous attempt to abduct Persephone ⓘ Theseus and the Amazons NERFINISHED ⓘ Theseus and the Crommyonian Sow NERFINISHED ⓘ Theseus and the Marathonian Bull NERFINISHED ⓘ Theseus captures the Marathonian Bull NERFINISHED ⓘ Theseus defeats bandits on the road to Athens ⓘ Theseus descends to the Underworld with Pirithous ⓘ Theseus forgets to change the sails on his return from Crete ⓘ Theseus kills Procrustes ⓘ Theseus kills Sciron ⓘ Theseus kills Sinis ⓘ Theseus kills the Crommyonian Sow ⓘ Theseus lifts the rock to retrieve his father’s sword and sandals ⓘ Theseus marries Phaedra ⓘ Theseus navigates the Labyrinth ⓘ Theseus recognized by Aegeus in Athens ⓘ Theseus rescued from the Underworld by Heracles ⓘ Theseus slays the Minotaur ⓘ Theseus travels to Crete ⓘ Theseus volunteers as a tribute to Crete ⓘ
influenced	Athenian civic identity ⓘ later literature and drama about Theseus ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainCharacter	Theseus NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeFocus	battles with monsters ⓘ heroic adventures of Theseus ⓘ political unification of Attica under Athens ⓘ
sourceAuthor	Apollodorus NERFINISHED ⓘ Plutarch NERFINISHED ⓘ
sourceWork	Bibliotheca NERFINISHED ⓘ Plutarch’s Life of Theseus NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeOfOrigin	Archaic Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Sinis → category → Theseus myth cycle ⓘ

Hippolytus → mythologicalCycle → Theseus myth cycle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theseus cycle