Birth and Early Adventures Summary

How It (Supposedly) Went Down

A Brief Summary:

Theseus is conceived when his mom, Aethra, sleeps with King Aegeus of Athens and the sea god Poseidon in the same night. Aegeus leaves his sword and sandals under a rock and tells Aethra that if she has a son, the boy should lift the rock and claim the items when he reaches manhood. After that, the young man should travel to Athens to join his father. Theseus does just this. He travels to Athens via a super-dangerous road full of lots of unsavory characters. The young hero manages to slaughter six bad guys along the way. When he finally gets to Athens, Theseus almost gets poisoned by his stepmother, Medea, but Aegeus recognizes his own sword just in the nick of time. Father and son are united, and Theseus is made heir to the throne of Athens. Happily ever after and all that jazz.