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Mythical king of Athens
son of Aegeus. The latter was also said to fathered Megareus, eponymous founder of Megara. Aegeides (Αἰγείδης), was a patronymic from Aegeus and especially
Aegeus
Legendary king of Athens who slayed the Minotaur
his connection to Aegeus he travels overland to Athens, having many adventures on the way. When he reaches Athens he finds that Aegeus is married to Medea
Theseus
Species of butterfly
Papilio aegeus aegeus — Cape York - East Victoria, South Australia Papilio aegeus adrastus C. & R. Felder, [1864] — Banda Group Papilio aegeus aegatinus
Papilio_aegeus
Creature of Greek mythology
Marathon by the Cretan Bull, his mother's former taurine lover, because Aegeus, king of Athens, had commanded Androgeus to slay it. The common tradition
Minotaur
Ancient Greek mythological figure
Aegeus was the leader of the Cadmean colonists at Sparta, while, according to Herodotus, they received their name of Aegeids from the later Aegeus, the
Aegeus_(hero)
Daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis in Greek mythology
is exiled from Corinth by Creon, and is offered refuge in Athens by King Aegeus after she offers to help him get an heir with her magic. In revenge against
Medea
Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
current situation to him and begs for Aegeus to let her stay in Athens if she gives him drugs to end his infertility. Aegeus, unaware of Medea's plans for revenge
Medea_(play)
Ancient Greek royal figure
got Aegeus drunk on unmixed wine and put him to bed with his daughter. Following the instructions of Athena in a dream, she left the sleeping Aegeus and
Aethra_(mother_of_Theseus)
Son of Pelops in Greek mythology
a wise man, and well versed on understanding the oracle thus sought by Aegeus. Pittheus is said to have taught the art of speaking, and even to have written
Pittheus
Mythological king of Crete
a king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa. Every nine years, he made King Aegeus pick seven young boys and seven young girls to be sent to Daedalus's creation
Minos
Ancient Greek god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses
him Athenian men and women he forced Aegeus to send him over. Once Theseus was grown up and recognized by Aegeus as his son, he decided to end the bloody
Poseidon
1988 Danish film
needs of the two boys. Medea makes an agreement with the king of Athens, Aegeus, that she and the two boys can come live in Athens with his protection.
Medea_(1988_film)
Colchian king in Greek mythology
after Perses seized power, Medea's son Medus (by either her second husband Aegeus or Jason himself) arrived in Colchis and was imprisoned immediately, though
Perses_(brother_of_Aeetes)
Mythological queen of the Amazons
back-formation from "Aegean", the sea that was named after an eponymous Aegeus in early levels of Greek mythology. The Encyclopædia Britannica (1911) mentioned
Aegea
Mythological princes of Athens
of Aegeus, king of Athens. Diodorus Siculus related that the Pallantidae once became friends with Androgeos, a son of Minos, and that was why Aegeus had
Pallantides
Troy to defeat Wonder Woman. Aegeus Wonder Woman #297 (November 1982) Leader of a cell of Greek terrorists, Nikos Aegeus was granted enhanced strength
List_of_Wonder_Woman_enemies
Autochthe married Aegeus and had by him several daughters, but no sons. Some traditions held that she was the only spouse of Aegeus, yet in other accounts
Autochthe
Queen of Crete in Greek mythology
Harvard University Press, 1992. Euripides, Cretans fragments in Fragments: Aegeus-Meleager. Edited and translated by Christopher Collard, Martin Cropp. Loeb
Pasiphaë
Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey
Figure-Based Origins Aegeus, the father of Theseus, who is said to have drowned himself in the sea. According to the story, Aegeus instructed Theseus to
Aegean_Sea
5th-century BC Athenian tragic playwright
Lokros (Ajax the Locrian) Aias Mastigophoros (Ajax the Whip-Bearer) Aigeus (Aegeus) Aigisthos (Aegisthus) Aikhmalôtides (The Captive Women) Aithiopes (The
Sophocles
Figure from Greek mythology
Press. Collard, Christopher and Martin Cropp (2008a), Euripides Fragments: Aegeus–Meleanger, Loeb Classical Library, No. 504, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard
Agamemnon
Creature in Greek mythology
Androgeus, a son of Minos and Pasiphaë, competed in the games held by Aegeus, King of Athens. He won all the games, but the bull, which broke free from
Cretan_Bull
Greek mythological figure
Medeus/Medeius (Μηδείας or Μήδειος) was an Athenian prince as the son of King Aegeus, thus a half-brother of the hero Theseus. Medus's mother was the Colchian
Medus
King of Sparta, husband of Helen of Troy
Library. Collard, Christopher and Martin Cropp (2008a), Euripides Fragments: Aegeus–Meleanger, Loeb Classical Library No. 504, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard
Menelaus
Opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully
convincing Aegeus to have Theseus killed as a potential threat to his reign. But before Theseus can drink the poison he has been given, Aegeus realises
Thésée_(Lully)
Absence of belief in the existence of deities; the opposite of theism
Collard, C., and Cropp, M.J. (2008). Euripides, Fragments: Volume VII, Aegeus-Meleager. Cambridge, MA, 298–301. Bremmer, Jan. Atheism in Antiquity, in
Atheism
Greek mythological characters
sister and his father. His persona was assumed by Medeus, son of Jason or Aegeus and Medea, when he came to the court of King Perses of Colchis. Hippotes
Hippotes
One-eyed giants in Greek and Roman mythology
tomb of Geraestus, "the Cyclops" at Athens upon which, in the time of king Aegeus, the Athenians sacrificed the daughters of Hyacinth. The Dionysiaca, composed
Cyclopes
Legendary king of Athens
and his wife Metiadusa, daughter of Eupalamus. Pandion was the father of Aegeus, Pallas, Nisos, Lycus and the wife of Sciron by Pylia, daughter of King
Pandion_II
Genus of butterflies
natewa Tennent et al., [2018] – Natewa swallowtail species group: aegeus Papilio aegeus Donovan, 1805 – orchard swallowtail Papilio bridgei Mathew, 1886
Papilio
Ancient Greek hetaira
with Aegeus, great Pandion's son," - a witty way of describing an unknown patron as a smelly goat (Aegeus Sea, or Goat Sea, was named after Aegeus the
Thaïs
Figures in greek mythology
of King Pittheus of Troezen and mother of Theseus either by Poseidon or Aegeus. This is the same Aethra who went to Troy with Helen as one of her two handmaidens
Aethra_(mythology)
In other traditions, Meta was called Melite. Meta was the first wife of Aegeus, king of Athens. She bore no child to the king thus he married another woman
Meta_(mythology)
Greek mythological hero and leader of the Argonauts
above Eriopis, their only daughter Medus or Polyxenus, otherwise son of Aegeus Argus seven sons and seven daughters Children by Hypsipyle: Euneus, King
Jason
(Boisduval, 1832) Graphium macleayanus insulana (Waterhouse, 1920) Papilio aegeus aegeus Donovan, 1805 Papilio demoleus sthenelus (Macleay, 1826) Catopsilia
List of butterflies of Lord Howe Island
List_of_butterflies_of_Lord_Howe_Island
Artefact in Greek mythology, part of the Argonauts' tale
Phrygian Samian Telemus Theiodamas Theoclymenus Tiresias Other mortals Aegeus Aegisthus Agamemnon Andromache Andromeda Antigone Augeas Briseis Cassiopeia
Golden_Fleece
British children's fantasy (1987)
arrived in Athens where King Aegeus welcomed while Medea plotted to kill Theseus so her own son can be king. After King Aegeus recognized the sword that
The_Storyteller_(TV_series)
Mythical son of Minos
clarifying whether this was supposed to be the truth or not. In another version, Aegeus, King of Athens, sent him against the Marathonian Bull, which resulted in
Androgeus_(son_of_Minos)
Wooden horse in Greek mythology
Phrygian Samian Telemus Theiodamas Theoclymenus Tiresias Other mortals Aegeus Aegisthus Agamemnon Andromache Andromeda Antigone Augeas Briseis Cassiopeia
Trojan_Horse
Band of heroes in Greek mythology
that time, was not only abandoned by Jason, but also bore a child from Aegeus. Roger Lancelyn Green, in his Tales of the Greek Heroes, gets round this
Argonauts
1960 Italian fantasy film by Silvio Amadio
Ariadne's foster parents, but Ariadne is rescued by Theseus, son of King Aegeus of Athens, and his Cretan friend Demetrios, who happen to pass by. Upon
Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete
Minotaur,_the_Wild_Beast_of_Crete
Topics referred to by the same term
the SETI project META fuel, a solid fuel Meta (mythology), first wife of Aegeus, mythical king of Athens Metaʼ language, spoken in Cameroon Middle East
Meta
Town in the Peloponnese, Greece
slept with both Aegeus and Poseidon on the same night and fell pregnant with the great Greek hero Theseus. Before returning to Athens, Aegeus left his sandals
Troezen
Species of butterfly
7., 9: and last segments; the spines as in P. aegeus; on Citrus, in the forest. Pupa as in P. aegeus, in proportion to its size somewhat more slender
Papilio_bridgei
Cretan princess in Greek mythology
Theseus, 26. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1.2.1. Euripides. Fragments: Aegeus-Meleager. Edited and translated by Christopher Collard, Martin Cropp. Loeb
Phaedra_(mythology)
Inhabitants of Caspiane
vi.13); for a Greek ethnonym of the Aegean Sea, however, see the mythic Aegeus. Herodotus, iii.92 (with the Pausicae) and 93 (with the Sacae). Strabo (11
Caspians
Symbolic serpent with its tail in its mouth
Phrygian Samian Telemus Theiodamas Theoclymenus Tiresias Other mortals Aegeus Aegisthus Agamemnon Andromache Andromeda Antigone Augeas Briseis Cassiopeia
Ouroboros
Concept in classical sculpture
Theseus arriving at Athens and being recognized because of his sword by Aegeus). Apulian red-figured volute-krater, ca. 410–400 BC. From Ruvo (South Italy)
Heroic_nudity
Athens and Pylia, daughter of King Pylas of Megara. He was the brother of Aegeus, Nisos, Lykos and the wife of Sciron. Upon the death of Pandion, Pallas
Pallas_(son_of_Pandion)
Painting by Nicolas Poussin
Poseidon and the mortal Aegeus, king of Athens, in Troezen on the same night. Before leaving her in Troezen to return to Athens, Aegeus left his sandals and
Theseus Rediscovering His Father's Sword
Theseus_Rediscovering_His_Father's_Sword
Centaur from Greek mythology
accounts differ about his father, who may be either Jason, an Asian king, or Aegeus of Athens. Just like his father, he was reared by Chiron. Later in his life
Chiron
be slaves to the cyborgs. Aegeus used Victor as an agent until Victor came under the influence of Labienus, whereupon Aegeus tried to have Victor spy on
Characters in the Novels of the Company
Characters_in_the_Novels_of_the_Company
Supposed universal remedy
Phrygian Samian Telemus Theiodamas Theoclymenus Tiresias Other mortals Aegeus Aegisthus Agamemnon Andromache Andromeda Antigone Augeas Briseis Cassiopeia
Panacea_(medicine)
In Greek mythology, son of King Erechtheus of Athens
exile. These usurping sons were in turn overthrown by the sons of Pandion: Aegeus, Nisus, Lycus and Pallas. Apollodorus, 3.15.1 Suda s.v. Maidens, Virgins
Metion
5th-century BC Greek lyric poet
ancestry, which he shared with the king, as an Aegeid or descendant of Aegeus, the legendary king of Athens. The clan was influential in many parts of
Pindar
Object in classical mythology
Phrygian Samian Telemus Theiodamas Theoclymenus Tiresias Other mortals Aegeus Aegisthus Agamemnon Andromache Andromeda Antigone Augeas Briseis Cassiopeia
Cap_of_invisibility
Metus by Poseidon. Melite or Meta, daughter of Hoples and the first wife of Aegeus. Melite, eponym of a deme in Attica. Melite, one of the sacrificial victims
Melite_(mythology)
BC Aegeus Son of Pandion II; construction of Trojan Walls by Poseidon, Apollo and the mortal Aeacus (c. 1282 BC) 1234–1205 BC Theseus Son of Aegeus 1205–1183
List_of_kings_of_Athens
Otherwise, the parentage of Megarus can be attributed to Onchestus, Apollo, Aegeus or Hippomenes. Hyginus, Fabulae 157 Pausanias, 2.1.1 & 2.6.5 Plutarch, Quaestiones
Oenope
Several characters in Greek mythology
of Rhexenor (or of King Chalcodon of Euboea) and the second wife of King Aegeus of Athens. She bore no heirs to the king thus given by the king to one of
Chalciope
Unpopulated island in the Cyclades, Greece
Aegean Sea. In his recounting of the myth of the war between Minos and Aegeus, the king of Athens, the poet Ovid speaks of Gyaros as one island that refused
Gyaros
his children and serving them to him at a feast. Euripides, Fragments: Aegeus-Meleager, edited and translated by Christopher Collard and Martin Cropp
Thyestes_(Euripides)
Greek mythological creature
Phrygian Samian Telemus Theiodamas Theoclymenus Tiresias Other mortals Aegeus Aegisthus Agamemnon Andromache Andromeda Antigone Augeas Briseis Cassiopeia
Centaur
British television drama series (2015–)
new love interest (episodes 1–3, 5). The character is analogous to King Aegeus. Siân Brooke as Siân Lambert, a new Doctor at Gemma's surgery with mysterious
Doctor_Foster_(TV_series)
Figures in Greek mythology
son. Rhexenor, the father of Chalciope, who was the second wife of King Aegeus of Athens. Rhexenor, one of Diomedes' followers who, returning from the
Rhexenor
Type of sacred standing stone
Phrygian Samian Telemus Theiodamas Theoclymenus Tiresias Other mortals Aegeus Aegisthus Agamemnon Andromache Andromeda Antigone Augeas Briseis Cassiopeia
Baetyl
Blood of gods in Greek mythology
Phrygian Samian Telemus Theiodamas Theoclymenus Tiresias Other mortals Aegeus Aegisthus Agamemnon Andromache Andromeda Antigone Augeas Briseis Cassiopeia
Ichor
Nymph in Greek mythology
Aegina by Jan Goeree Jupiter and Aegina by Cornelis Bos Compare Aegis, Aegeus, Aigai "place of goats", etc. Bell, Robert E. (1991). Women of Classical
Aegina_(mythology)
5th-century BC Athenian playwright
are of uncertain date, and are arranged in English alphabetical order. Aegeus Aeolus Alcmene Alope, or Cercyon Antigone Auge Autolycus Busiris Cadmus
Euripides
Ancient Greek goddess of good health and cleanliness
Phrygian Samian Telemus Theiodamas Theoclymenus Tiresias Other mortals Aegeus Aegisthus Agamemnon Andromache Andromeda Antigone Augeas Briseis Cassiopeia
Hygieia
Character in Irish mythology
He then combats with a series of opponents before meeting his father, Aegeus, and being recognised. A later unknowing father-son element in the story
Connla
Plant in Greek and Roman mythology
Phrygian Samian Telemus Theiodamas Theoclymenus Tiresias Other mortals Aegeus Aegisthus Agamemnon Andromache Andromeda Antigone Augeas Briseis Cassiopeia
Lotus_tree
Greek mythological figure
to Athens and took back control. They drove out the sons of Metion, put Aegeus on the throne, and divided the government in four. Aegeas became king of
Nisos
Scottish actor (1933–2026)
92. Theatre credits include: Medea, Broadway, Longacre Theatre (1994) – Aegeus Fabrique. "Donald Douglas — RADA". www.rada.ac.uk. "Donald Douglas – Theatricalia"
Donald Douglas (Scottish actor)
Donald_Douglas_(Scottish_actor)
Apollo or Poseidon), and sets out for Athens to meet with his father, King Aegeus, then to gain passage to Crete. The book ends when Altheus's ship manages
Cretan_Chronicles
Greek mythological ruler of the winds
Internet Archive. Collard, Christopher and Martin Cropp, Euripides Fragments: Aegeus–Meleanger, Loeb Classical Library No. 504, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard
Aeolus_(son_of_Hippotes)
Progenitor of the Achaemenid dynasty
Perseus, son of Zeus. Another version of the tale makes Achaemenes the son of Aegeus, yet another founder-hero of legend. The 3rd-century Aelianus (De nat. anim
Achaemenes
Town in northern Greece, site of ancient Aigai
Sea). Their name is often derived from the name of a legendary founder, Aegeus. In the case of this city, it is also etymologized as "city of goats" (from
Vergina
Daughter of Minos in Greek mythology
source). One year, the sacrificial party included Theseus, the son of King Aegeus, who volunteered in order to kill the Minotaur. At first sight, Ariadne
Ariadne
Epopeus, or of Onchestus (eponym of their kingdom), or of Apollo or of Aegeus, or of Hippomenes. Megareus came with his army to the assistance of Nisos
Megareus_(son_of_Poseidon)
Character in fiction and legend
black sails is similar to—and might have been derived from—the story of Aegeus and Theseus in Greek mythology. German composer Richard Wagner composed
Iseult
Aegeus, that if successful he would return with a white sail. Theseus forgot to put up the white sails instead of the black ones, however, so Aegeus,
List_of_mythological_objects
British medical archaeologist (1951-2024)
Aegean and Anatolian Bronze Ages. A conference in his honour, organised by Aegeus, the society for Aegean prehistory, will be held in November 2025. Arnott
Robert_Arnott_(academic)
American voice actor (1960–2024)
2007 Deadwood Park Harold Everett 2013 Atlantis: The Last Days of Kaptara Aegeus 2014 Mister... Salacious Crumb? Salacious B. Crumb Archive Recordings 2015
Mark_Dodson_(actor)
Decade
great-grandson of Erichthonius II of Athens and second cousin of Theseus' father Aegeus. Menestheus is reportedly assisted by Castor and Polydeuces of Sparta, who
1200s_BC_(decade)
King in Greek mythology
Library. Collard, Christopher and Martin Cropp (2008a), Euripides Fragments: Aegeus–Meleanger, Loeb Classical Library No. 504. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard
Catreus
Three-prong spear
Phrygian Samian Telemus Theiodamas Theoclymenus Tiresias Other mortals Aegeus Aegisthus Agamemnon Andromache Andromeda Antigone Augeas Briseis Cassiopeia
Trident
Species of butterfly
(Buru) Papilio gambrisius is a member of the aegeus species-group. The clade members are Papilio aegeus Donovan, 1805 Papilio bridgei Mathew, 1886 ? Papilio
Papilio_gambrisius
Ancient festival of Zeus
of Theseus, because Theseus took up the sword and sandals of his father, Aegeus, from beneath it. According to ancient writers the festival included various
Sthenia_(festival)
2015 Canadian TV series or program
as the Oracle of Gaia (Pandora) Sonita Henry as Medea Graham Shiels as Aegeus Cas Anvar as Xerxes John Emmet Tracy as Pallas Wayne Burns as Lykos Matt
Olympus_(TV_series)
Ocean liner that became a French armed merchant cruiser and Japanese troop ship
Alexandre Farnoux (eds), 2017, Cretomania. Modern Desires for the Minoan Past". Aegeus — Society for Aegean Prehistory. BSA – Modern Greek and Byzantine Studies
MS_Aramis
Decade
His four sons lead a successful military campaign to regain the throne. Aegeus becomes King of Athens, Nisos reigns in Megara, Lykos in Euboea and Pallas
1280s_BC
Multiple men in Greek mythology
as well. Pandion II, a legendary king of Athens, father of the brothers Aegeus, Pallas, Nisos and Lycus. Pandion (hero), the eponymous hero of the Attic
Pandion_(mythology)
Ancient Greek personification of the rainbow
Phrygian Samian Telemus Theiodamas Theoclymenus Tiresias Other mortals Aegeus Aegisthus Agamemnon Andromache Andromeda Antigone Augeas Briseis Cassiopeia
Iris_(mythology)
Monument in ancient Athens
identity I Erechtheus Erechtheis Mythological king, founder of Athens II Aegeus Aegeis King of Athens, father of Theseus III Pandion Pandionis One of the
Monument of the Eponymous Heroes
Monument_of_the_Eponymous_Heroes
Ancient Greek goddess of the Moon
2006, ISBN 978-0-89236-942-3. Collard and Cropp in Euripides, Fragments: Aegeus-Meleager, edited and translated by Christopher Collard, Martin Cropp, Loeb
Selene
Aegeus at right consults the Pythia or oracle of Delphi. Vase, 440–430 BCE. He was told "Do not loosen the bulging mouth of the wineskin until you have
Ancient_Greek_religion
Mythological symbol of abundance, also called the horn of plenty
Phrygian Samian Telemus Theiodamas Theoclymenus Tiresias Other mortals Aegeus Aegisthus Agamemnon Andromache Andromeda Antigone Augeas Briseis Cassiopeia
Cornucopia
Ancient Greek goddess of the night
1515/9783110678451. Collard, Christopher, and Martin Cropp (2008), Euripides. Fragments: Aegeus–Meleager, Loeb Classical Library No. 504, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard
Nyx
Greek mythological figure
(1998), pp. 700–710. C. Collard and M. Cropp, eds., Euripides, Fragments: Aegeus–Meleager (Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, MA, 2008). M. Di Bello, "La
Canace
AEGEUS
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Male
Norwegian
Norwegian form of Old Norse Sindri, possibly SINDRE means "sparkling."
Girl/Female
English
Meadow of ash trees.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Grace
Girl/Female
Hindu
Night, Rest, A river
Boy/Male
Afghan, American, Arabic, British, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian, Netherlands, Polish, Portuguese, Shakespearean, Swedish
Faultless; Father of a Multitude and Many Nations
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a fortunate person, from Middle English (i)blescede, blissed ‘blessed’ (from Old English blētsian ‘to bless’). The word also appears to have been in use in the Middle Ages as a female personal name, and some cases of the surname may be derived from this.
Girl/Female
Indian
Immortality, Priceless
Boy/Male
German
Elm Tree
Girl/Female
American, British, English
Feminine Equivalent of Count; Titled
Boy/Male
German, Hebrew
The Lord is Gracious
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