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Essay heading: Theseus
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But Theseus succeeded and sacrificed the bull to Apollo. He then returned
to Athens and was almost poisoned by Medea, but as soon as Aegeus got wind of
her plot, he proclaimed Theseus his son and heir to the thrown and banished
Medea from Athens and she escaped to what is now Asia.
According to legend, the people of Athens had to send seven youths and
seven Maidens every year as a tribute to Minos, the king of Create, to be eaten
by the Minitor, who was a terrible monster, half man and half bull... displayed 300 characters
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Theseus then left Create with Ariadne
but dumped her on the way back to Athens.
On his return from Create to Athens, however, in his hurry to get home,
he forgot to hoist a white sail signaling his success against the Minotaur. So
when Aegeus saw a black sail, he believed that his son was dead and was so sad
that he threw himself from a high rocky cliff into the sea, which has ever
since been known as the Aegean Sea in his honor... displayed next 300 characters
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