Aegeus
Publié le 22/02/2012
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Greek King of Athens and father of the
hero Theseus, with Aethra, daughter of King Pittheus
of Troezen. Some say that the sea god, Poseidon, was
AeGEUS
the father of Theseus, and that possibly Aegeus and
Poseidon were one and the same.
When Aegeus left Troezen, Aegeus told Aethra
that if a child should be born of their union, it was to
be reared quietly in Troezen, with King Pittheus as
guardian. Aegeus then hid his sword and sandals under
a rock, telling Aethra that she was to lead the child,
when it became old enough, to the hiding place so that
he or she could recover the tokens of its identity.
When Aegeus thought that Theseus had been
killed, he threw himself into the sea that today bears
his name—the Aegean Sea.