theseus and his adventures in the labyrynth

Theseus Athens great hero At birth Theseus an unknown father.
His mother , Aethra , was friendly with both Poseidon and Aegeus (Hunt
3-6). Before Theseus was born Aegeus said to Aethra ." If we are to have
a son , when he is grown have him take my sword and sandals from
under this boulder to me ," then he was off to Athens. Theseus was born
in a small town called Troezen and grew up there, in a normal way.
When Theseus was old enough Aethra took Theseus to the
boulder where the sandals and sword were and told him what Aegeus
had said. Theseus lifted the giant boulder with ease and immediately
wanted to go to Athens. He insisted on going by land even though it is
much more dangerous for there are thieves and he did not want to heed
his mother's warnings. So he was off to Athens on foot to meet his father.
On the journey Theseus met many thieves and out whited every
one of them from asking to see there nice weapons and using them
agents the thieves to seeing what they were trying to do to him and using
that to hurt or usually kill them. Either way Theseus showed courage and
wisdom in his quick thinking that would make him a great hero that would
be remembered for many years to come. The first day in Athens
Theseus started looking for Aegeus' castle but what he did not know was
that Aegeus was ,at the time, under the power of a sorcerer by the name
of Medea. She could see the power in him from afar and saw that he
would take her power so she told Aegeus to kill him. At this time either
Aegeus nor Theseus knew that they were related. Media told Aegeus to
invite Theseus to a party or ball coming in the near feature and to poison
his drink. Aegeus poisoned his drink and gave it to Theseus. Just before
Theseus drank the wine Aegeus dashed the glass to the ground for he
had just recognized his sword. Aegeus and Theseus became good
friends and lived together for a time. One day Theseus saw ships with
black sails coming and heard that there were taking 20 people to the
labyrinth where they would be killed by a monster called the Minitor.
Theseus had to stop this annual occurrence and went on the boat and

promised if he lived to change the sails from black to white to tell Aegeus
that Theseus was alive. Theseus went on the ship to the labyrinth in
Crete and met Ariadne , who he fell in love with immediately, who gave
him a ball of silk for which to get out of the maze. Theseus got all of the
others to follow him and finally found and killed the Minitor by himself. He
then followed the silk back out. He loved Ariadne and took her home with
him. On the way Dionysis said that he was already to be wed with Ariadne
and took her with him. Theseus was so sad that he forgot to change the
sails. Aegeus saw the black sails from atop a high cliff while watching for
his son and jumped into the sea below him killing himself in what is now
called the Aegean sea.