Theseus and the Labyrinth
You may know Theseus and his issue with the Labyrinth. I however am going to start from the very beginning of the myth. King Aegeus of Athens ( a very popular Greek city) was sad because of the fact that he had no children. While he was traveling through Greece, he stopped at a city called Troezen. There he met the king's daughter Aethra, and fell in love. In the morning, Aegeus Put a sword and a pair of sandals in a small, cave like hollow. He blocked the entrance with a marble boulder. he told Aethra that if she had a male child, when the boy was strong enough to move the boulder and retrieve the contents of the hollow, she could send him to Athens to claim his father. The little boy, Theseus grew faster and stronger than a normal boy, and soon moved the boulder. His Grandfather, the god Zeus, left Theseus a ship to sail to Athens and meet his father. Theseus however, choose the more dangerous route. He wanted to prove himself a hero as great as Hercules , who was actually his cousin. He did indeed prove this, by defeating bandits. The bandit Periphetes bashed people to death with a wooden club, Theseus bashed Periphetes with Periphetes's own club. The robber Sinis who would tie people to two pine trees bent to the ground towards each other and let them go, ripping the person in half, He was ripped apart the same way. The bandit Sciron would tell people to wash his feet and while they were washing, he would kick them of a cliff to fall into the mouth of a giant turtle below. Thesues kicked him off the cliff and into the mouth of Sciron's own turtle. The robber Cercyon made others wrestle with him to the death. Cercyon wrestled to his own death with Theseus. This was Theseus's way of justice, an eye for an eye. People loved Theseus for making the roads clear of robbers, and Theseus had killed a wild sow (which is very hard to kill) so how could anyone do better. His reputation proceded him to Athens. King Aegeus had no idea that this famed hero was his son. Aegeus thought this strapping young boy had come to overthrow him. Medea, an evil sorcerous who at the time was Aegeus's wife, said she would poison the boy so Aegeus could keep his thrown. At the banquet in honor of the young hero, Medea handed Theseus the cup. Eager to meet his father, Theseus drew his sword. Recognizing the sword immediately, Aegeus knocked the cup out of Medea's hand. Aware of the mischief she almost managed to cause, Medea fled and escaped. Theseus became heir to the thrown. One day the king of Sparta sent