Theseus

... 5, 4§224. According to one myth, this antagonism was precipitated by the abduction of Antiope, queen of the Amazons, by Theseus, king of Athens. The idea that Antiope then falls in ... Continue reading

... Ikaros (not Icarus), Hipparkhos (not Hipparchus). I have included in this shorter list even the names of the father of Theseus, Aigeus (not Aegeus), after whom the Aegean Sea is n ... Continue reading

archon [arkhōn]... As we see later in our readings, Pausanias 4.5.10, this word ‘archon’ [arkhōn], meaning literally ‘leader’, was the Athenian title of an official who was appoint ... Continue reading

thalassocracy... In the history of Athens, the era of the Athenian Empire was most noted for the city’s maritime power, the Greek word for which was thalassokratiā or ‘thalassocrac ... Continue reading

ship-sheds [neōs oikoi]... In the glory days of the Athenian Empire, a most celebrated visual marker of the magnificence as well as the power of its thalassocracy was the architect ... Continue reading

Magnesia-at-Maeander... The city of Magnesia, contiguous with the river Maeander, is situated on the mainland of Greek Asia Minor. In the time of Themistocles, Magnesia was part of ... Continue reading

tomb of Themistocles at Peiraieus... This detail in Pausanias 1.1.2 is of special interest to me. I find it intriguing that Pausanias, visiting Athens in the second century CE, is ... Continue reading

Parthenon... The political as well as the cultural significance of the Parthenon here is made evident by the context. We see here in Pausanias 1.1.2 his first mention of the Parthe ... Continue reading

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Pausanias says here that the name Marathon applies to a cult hero, that is, to a figure who is worshipped by the local population, and that the locale of Marathon is named after hi ... Continue reading

... o IG 4545). The line drawing, presented in rollout mode, is by Tina Ross. The myth about the abandonment of Ariadne by Theseus while she is asleep is illustrated most strikingly i ... Continue reading