Theseus
['θi:sju:s;-siəs]
Definition
(noun.) (Greek mythology) a hero and king of Athens who was noted for his many great deeds: killed Procrustes and the Minotaur and defeated the Amazons and united Attica.
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Examples
- Induced by these feelings, I was of course led to admire peaceable law-givers, Numa, Solon, and Lycurgus, in preference to Romulus and Theseus. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The amatory exploits of Peirithous and Theseus are equally unworthy. Plato. The Republic.
- The legend of Theseus tells of such a raid. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Theseus, or Siegfried, or any knight of the fairy books might envy the victories of Edison's irresistible lieutenant. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Nor you, nor any other Theseus, can thread the labyrinth, to which perhaps some unkind Ariadne has the clue. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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