Aegeus

Aegeus
King of Athens
Member of the Athenian Royal Family
Themis and Aegeus
Attic red-figure kylix, 440–430 BC
Other namesAegeas
PredecessorPandion II
SuccessorTheseus
AbodeMegara, then Athens
Personal information
Parents(1) Pandion II and Pylia
(2) Scyrius
(3) Phemius
Siblings(1) Pallas, Nisus, Lycus and wife of Sciron
Consort(i) Meta
(ii) Chalciope
(iii) Aethra
(iv) Medea
(v) unknown
Children(iii) Theseus
(iv) Medus
(v) Pallas
Theseus Recognized by his Father by Hippolyte Flandrin (1832)

Aegeus (/ˈi.əs/,[1] /ˈs/;[2] Greek: Αἰγεύς, translit. Aigeús) was one of the kings of Athens[3] in Greek mythology, who gave his name to the Aegean Sea, was the father of Theseus,[4] and founded Athenian institutions.

  1. ^ Morford, Mark P. O.; Lenardon, Robert J.; Sham, Michael (2015). Classical Mythology (International 10th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. I-13. ISBN 978-0-19-999739-8.
  2. ^ Smith, Benjamin E., ed. (1895). Century Cyclopedia of Names. Vol. i. New York: Century. p. 16.
  3. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 48
  4. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 14, 48, 173, 241, 244, 251, 257 & 270

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