This sparked a war between Athens and the Amazons. Later, while visiting the Amazons, Theseus claimed their queen, Hippolyta, to be his wife.

Heracles eventually saved Theseus but had to leave Peirithous. They managed to kidnap Helen but lost her to the Spartans while trapped in the Underworld by Hades for attempting to kidnap Persephone. Theseus decided on Helen (of Troy, but currently Helen of Sparta and only a child) and Peirithous on Persephone. As he was the son of Poseidon, and his best friend Peirithous was the son of Zeus, they decided that each should marry daughters of Zeus. After helping Ariadne escape with him to Athens, he abandoned her en route on the island of Naxos. This myth might have referred to a change in the Athenian constitution when the historical Minoan Empire came to an end. Theseus travelled on one of the ships to Crete, and with the help of Ariadne, Minos' daughter, he bested the Labyrinth and defeated the Minotaur. The Athenians then had to pay tribute a nine-yearly sacrifice of seven young men and seven young girls to be sent to Crete to be eaten by the Minotaur.

Earlier, Theseus' father had sent one of King Minos' sons to his death and in return, the Cretans had defeated the Athenians in war. Although not his only one, his most famous exploit was killing the Minotaur, son of King Minos of Crete's wife and a sacred bull.

(However, he may only be the son of one of them, most likely Poseidon). He was the son of both the god Poseidon and a mortal man Aegus (his mother laid with both on her wedding night), the dual patronage of which still bestowed godliness unto him. Theseus was one of the most famous heroes and founder-king of Athens.

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