Theseus in Wikipedia
Theseus (Greek: Θησεύς) was the mythical founder-king of
Athens, son of Aethra, and fathered by Aegeus and Poseidon,
both of whom Aethra lay with in one night. Theseus was a
founder-hero, like Perseus, Cadmus or Heracles, all of whom
battled and overcame foes that were identified with an archaic
religious and social order.[1] As Heracles was the Dorian
hero, Theseus was the Ionian founding hero, considered by
Athenians as their own great reformer. His name comes from the
same root as θεσμός ("thesmos"), Greek for institution. He was
responsible for the synoikismos ("dwelling together")-the
political unification of Attica under Athens, represented
emblematically in his journey of labours, subduing highly
localized ogres and monstrous beasts. Because he was the
unifying king, Theseus built and occupied a palace on the
fortress of the Acropolis that may have been similar to the
palace that was excavated in Mycenae. Pausanias reports that
after the synoikismos, Theseus established a cult of Aphrodite
Pandemos ("Aphrodite of all the People") and Peitho on the
southern slope of the Acropolis...
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