400 BCE), Philochorus, and Cleidemus (both fourth century BCE). Plutarch's sources, not all of whose texts have survived independently, included Pherecydes (mid-fifth century BCE), Demon (c. Theseus, son of King of Aegeus of Athens, volunteered to end the tribute by taking his place among the youths and killing the Minotaur.
Plutarch's Life of Theseus (a literalistic biography) makes use of varying accounts of the death of the Minotaur, Theseus' escape, and the love of Ariadne for Theseus. Theseus, great hero of Attic legend, son of Aegeus, king of Athens, and Aethra, daughter of Pittheus, king of Troezen (in Argolis ), or of the sea god, Poseidon, and Aethra. Pausanias reports that after the synoikismos, Theseus established a cult of Aphrodite Pandemos ("Aphrodite of all the People") and Peitho on the southern slope of the Acropolis. Because he was the unifying king, Theseus built and occupied a palace on the fortress of the Acropolis that may have been similar to the palace that was excavated in Mycenae. Theseus was responsible for the synoikismos ("dwelling together") – the political unification of Attica under Athens – represented emblematically in his journey of labours, subduing ogres and monstrous beasts. The myths surrounding Theseus – his journeys, exploits, and family – have provided material for fiction throughout the ages. Elias, (and he was Elias now, having managed to get into the proper mentality) felt his eye twitch.
The Athenians regarded Theseus as a great reformer his name comes from the same root as θεσμός (thesmos), Greek for "The Gathering". Fiona paled and stuttered, and whatever she was desperately clutching about to say was interrupted by the bookshelf on the rear wall of the office swinging open to reveal Jonathan, yawning and eating a bagel. Theseus was a founding hero for the Athenians in the same way that Heracles was the founding hero for the Dorians. Like Perseus, Cadmus, or Heracles, Theseus battled and overcame foes that were identified with an archaic religious and social order: “This was a major cultural transition, like the making of the new Olympia by Hercules” (Ruck & Staples, p. Theseus (/ˈθiːsiːəs/ Ancient Greek: Θησεύς %29 was the mythical king and founder-hero of Athens.
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