theseus in English

noun
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the legendary hero of Athens, son of Poseidon (or, in another account, of Aegeus, king of Athens) and husband of Phaedra. He slew the Cretan Minotaur with the help of Ariadne.

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1. You wield that axe well, Theseus.

2. Theseus and Arianna arrive; Theseus agonises over his decision to abandon her, but is advised by his counsellor that he is wise in his resolve, and departs.

3. All these men who went east, Theseus, Jason, Achilles, were victorious.

4. Ariadne definition, a daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë who gave Theseus the thread by which he escaped from the labyrinth: deserted by Theseus on Naxos, she …

5. Ariadne definition is - a daughter of Minos who helps Theseus escape from the labyrinth.

6. The Amazons appear in other Greek myths, such as the adventures of Heracles and Theseus

7. According to the Greek myth, Theseus abandoned his lover Ariadne on the island of Naxos while she slept

8. Ariadne had been abandoned on the Greek island of Naxos by Theseus, whose ship is shown in the distance.

9. Ariadne was among the court of Minos who reviewed the tribute when they arrived and she fell in love with Theseus

10. And it is when Theseus came to Crete that Ariadne came into the story, for we know nothing about her childhood.

11. The THESEUS summary report includes the results of an extensive analysis of a large number of accidents that have actually taken place.

12. The THESEUS summary report includes the results of an extensive analysis of a large number of accidents that have actually taken place

13. Determined to kill the Minotaur and save his people from further grief, Theseus decided to go as one of the fourteen chosen victims.

14. In the Myth of the Minotaur , if not for the ministrations of the humble Princess Ariadne, Theseus—the Greek hero—would not have had a prayer

15. Theseus, the slayer of the Minotaur, and Heracles, known in Ancient Rome and in the West as Hercules, were both said to have battled the Amazons

16. THESEUS will be an attempt to develop the world's most advanced multimedia search engine, creating a set of tools for translating, identifying and indexing images, sound and text.

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18. She spent two days there in dry dock for temporary repairs, before departing for Hong Kong on 25 September, her role in the conflict being replaced by Theseus.

19. In addition to these Argonauts, other authors proposed a range of additional sailors, such as those brought in for star power like the Athenian hero Theseus and old folk heroes like Poeas whose legends had been lost in …

20. Emma Stafford notes that the story of the Cretan Bull does not appear before the Hellenistic period and suggests the connection between Crete and Athens is the result of the development of the myth of the Theseus cycle in late sixth century Athens

21. Baucis and Philemon, Out of the Eighth Book of Ovid’s Metamorphoses The Author, 1 pursuing the Deeds of Theseus, relates how He, with his friend Perithous, were invited by Achelous, the River-God, to stay with him, till his Waters were abated.

22. Emma Stafford notes that the story of the Cretan Bull does not appear before the Hellenistic period and suggests the connection between Crete and Athens is the result of the development of the myth of the Theseus cycle in late sixth century Athens

23. 1 When Theseus was sent by his father to convey the tribute of the Athenians to the Minotaur, Ariadne fell in love with him, and gave him the string by means of which he found his way out of the Labyrinth, and which she …

24. Subsequently Ion, the grandson of Hellen, divided the people into four tribes, Geleoutes, Hopletes, Argades, and Aegicores; and Theseus, who united the twelve independent States of Attica into one political body and made Athens the capital, again divided the nation into three classes, the Eupatridae, Geomori, and Demiurgi.

25. Atreus was the son of Pelops and Hippodamia.His brother was Thyestes, he had several other siblings, Nicippe (mother of Eurystheus, by Sthelenus), Astydamia (mother of Amphitryon, by Alcaeus), Eurydice, (mother of Alcmene by Electyron), Alcathous (father of Periboa, and grandfather of Ajax the Greater) and Pittheus (father of Aethra, who married Aegeus and was mother of Theseus, by Poseidon).

26. "The Knight's Tale" features many of the tropes of Courtly love: the Greek hero Theseus promises "by the faith which knights to knighthood bore, / And whate'er else to chivalry belongs" to avenge the suffering of women who have been wronged by Creon of Thebes (312), and two knights are deeply in love with Emily, who is "fairer to be seen / Than the fair lily on the flow'ry green" (313).