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Theseus Athens enceinte Hero     At birth Theseus an unknown father. His mother , Aethra , was friendlywith both Poseidon and Aegeus (Hunt 3-6). Before Theseus was born Aegeus said toAethra ." If we argon to have a son , when he is grown have him take my sword andsandals from under this bowlder to me ," then he was by to Athens. Theseus wasborn in a runty town called Troezen and grew up there, in a normal way.     When Theseus was old generous Aethra took Theseus to the boulder wherethe sandals and sword were and told him what Aegeus had said. Theseus lifted thegiant boulder with ease and straight off wanted to go to Athens. He insisted ongoing by priming coat even though it is much more dangerous for there are thieves andhe did not want to heed his mothers warnings. So he was off to Athens on footto meet his father.     On the journey Theseus met many an(prenominal) thieves and out whited every one of themfr om asking to see there exquisite weapons and using them agents the thieves toseeing what they were trying to do to him and using that to hurt or usually push downthem. Either way Theseus showed courage and wisdom in his quick thinking thatwould make him a great hero that would be remembered for many years to come.     The first twenty-four hours in Athens Theseus started looking at for Aegeus castle butwhat he did not know was that Aegeus was ,at the time, under the provide of asorcerer by the name of Medea. She could see the power in him from afar and sawthat he would take her power so she told Aegeus to kill him. At this time eitherAegeus nor Theseus knew that they were related. Media told Aegeus to inviteTheseus to a party or ball coming in the near feature and to poison his suck.Aegeus poisoned his drink and gave it to Theseus. Just before Theseus drank thewine Aegeus dashed the glass to the ground for he had just recognized his sword.   &nb sp Aegeus and Theseus became good friends and lived together for a time.One day Theseus saw ships with minatory sails coming and heard that there weretaking 20 people to the labyrinth where they would be killed by a monster calledthe Minitor. Theseus had to tally this annual occurrence and went on the boat andpromised if he lived to change the sails from black to white to tell Aegeus thatTheseus was alive.