He promptly killed Kerkyon and abolished the sacrifice, since his father was Poseidon. Theseus and Kerkyon wrestled each other, and Theseus won because of his superior skill. He sacrificed the travelers to renew his royal power every year. Kerkyon was the king of Elusis who challenged travelers to a wrestling match, and he never lost. Theseus saw the turtle and had heard of Skeiron, so when Skeiron started to kick him, he dodged and pulled him over the cliff where he was eaten by his own turtle. The by passers are then eaten by Skeiron's giant sea turtle, sometimes said to simply be a sea monster. Skeiron was a bandit who tricked by passers into washing his feet by a cliff face and threatening to kill them if they didn't, and when they knelt, he would kick them off the cliff into the ocean. Theseus throwing Skiron off a mountain to the giant turtle Skeiron Theseus slew the giant pig and the crone and saved the town of Krommyon. Theseus encountered Phaea, a crone who bred a sow of monstrous proportions dubbed the Krommyonian Sow. While the giant, sometimes portrayed as simply a large strong mortal, was unconscious Theseus tied each of his limbs to a tree and let go of the trees, tearing Sinis apart. Astonished, Sinis bent down to try to get a closer look at the tree, thinking it was broken, and when Sinis was close enough, Theseus let go and the tree hit Sinis's head, knocking him unconscious. When Theseus came and Sinus asked him to hold the pine tree, he grabbed it with both his hands and when Sinus let go, Theseus, remarkably, was still holding down the tree. Sinis kills travelers by asking if they could help him hold the Pine tree, and once they grabbed the tree, Sinis would let go and the weak travelers would be flung by the tree, hopefully dropping a sword or a few coins. The prideful Periphites handed Theseus his club to check, which Theseus promptly smashed his head with, and took the club.Īt the Isthmus of Korinth, Theseus encountered an outlaw named Sinis, or Pityokamptes (He who bends pine trees). Theseus claimed that it was only a wood club coated with bronze. Periphites insisted that his club was pure bronze all the way through. He killed and robbed bypassers with his bronze club. He is also known as Korynetes or the Club-Bearer. Periphetes was the first danger Theseus encountered. Road to Athens aka The Six Labors of Theseus Being an adventurous young man, he chose to take the land route and on the way, he encountered many robbers and bandits. To get to Athens, he could have taken a safe sea route or a dangerous land route which would take him by entrances to the Underworld. To prove his parentage, Theseus had to take the sword, shield, and sandals to Aegus, in Athens. His mother told him that his father had no legitimate heir other than him, and all of Theseus's fifty cousins were trying, hoping, to get the crown. When they saw the scrawny boy next to the large muscled butcher or town champion, they laughed at him, but let him try, astonished when Theseus managed to lift the rock due to his fathers. Unbeknownst to all, the rock had been placed by Aegus. Soon, he discovered that a rock with a sword, shield, and a pair of sandals stuck under it had appeared in the middle of town, and every able man was trying to retrieve the items. When he woke, he found his bully and asked him to fight him, and found he could defeat him easily by using the bully's momentum and dodging the blows. Afterwards, he told Theseus that his father was Poseidon and Aegus. He told Theseus to fight cleverly, using the opponent's gravity and momentum.
#Theseus sword and sandals cracked
One night, he had a dream of a sea bird that cracked open a clamshell by flying up and dropping it onto a rock. When he grew into a young man, he was still bullied. When Theseus was a child, he was bullied as the other children believed him to have no father or that his father was ashamed of him. This included kidnapping Helen of Troy as a child hoping to marry her when she was older, kidnapping the Amazon queen Hippolyta (or Antiope) to be his queen, and later asking Poseidon to kill his so Hippolytus (an act that he deeply regretted later).ĭespite this he was also charitable, it was said he was a fine ruler of Athens and kindly took in Oedipus after he had been blinded and expelled from his kingdom. However Theseus was often driven by his lustful urges and arrogance and making rash decisions out of anger. As an adult he was brave enough to face the minotaur and save his people. Unlike Hercules who was hailed as a hero for his strength, Theseus was hailed due to his intelligence and wisdom.Īs a child Theseus had heard stories of his cousin Hercules and wanted to be a hero like him.
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