Theseus

UTheus uyinkosana yase-Athene neqhawe lezinganekwane zamaGreki.

Wayebhekwa njengendodana kaPoseidon no-Aitra (ngokomthetho, wayeyindodana ka-Aegeus, inkosi yase-Athene). Ukhulele kude nasekhaya ngenxa yokwesaba amadodana kamalume wakhe uPallas abelambele isihlalo sobukhosi. Ukukhula kwakhe kwakuwukuphakanyiswa kwetshe, lapho u-Aegeus (Ajgeus) amshiyela inkemba nezimbadada zakhe.

Unikezwa imisebenzi eyisikhombisa (ngokufanisa nemisebenzi eyishumi nambili kaHercules), okwakufanele ayenze ngaphambi kokufika kwakhe e-Athene:

• Ngemva kokubulala umphangi wasePeriphet, owabulala abantu ngenduku (bese yena ngokwakhe wasebenzisa le nduku),
• Ngemva kokubulala umdondoshiya wamaSini owagoba amaphayini, wabopha abantu, wabadedela, nezihlahla zabadabula zaba izicucu.
• Wabulala uMinotaur,
• Ngemva kokubulala ingulube yasendle i-Fi eCrommen, eyadala umonakalo omkhulu futhi yabulala abantu abaningi,
• Ngemva kokubulala isigebengu - uSkeiron Megaren, owenza abantu bageze izinyawo zabo, futhi lapho bekwenza, wabawisa eweni khona kanye emlonyeni wofudu olukhulu,
• Ukubulala indoda enamandla uMikun empini,
• Ukucwiywa kwe-Procrustes, ephoqa abantu abadlulayo ukuthi balale komunye wemibhede yakhe, futhi uma imilenze yabo iphumele ngaphandle kombhede, wayeyinqamula, futhi uma imfushane kakhulu, wayelula emajoyintini ukuze abe yinde.

E-Athene, wahlangana noyise u-Aygeus, owayengamazi, futhi ngokuphikelela komkakhe, umthakathi odumile ongumGreki uMedea (owaqagela ngaye) wamthumela ukuba ayokulwa nenkunzi enkulu eyacekela phansi amasimu aseMarathon. (Kwakucatshangwa ukuthi lena yinkunzi, lapho i-Minotaur yayivame ukuvela khona). Ngemva kokunqoba inkunzi futhi waxosha iMedea, walwa nabazenzisi besihlalo sobukhosi sase-Athene.