: a king of Athens in Greek mythology who kills Procrustes and the Minotaur before defeating the Amazons and marrying their queen
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When Theseus, the ruler of Athens, arrives on the scene, Oedipus’s words to him transcend both the immediate situation and Oedipus’s dire backstory.
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Rachel Hadas, The Conversation, 9 July 2024
Brookside Gardens and Fort Washington Park are among sites hosting Theseus, Hippolyta and the fairies before the season wraps up at the Publick Playhouse on July 14.
—Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
When people get hurt or move away, they’re replaced like planks on the Ship of Theseus.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 June 2024
Ancient philosophers were bedeviled by the question of whether the ship of Theseus retained its fundamental essence after each of its component parts was replaced one by one over the course of centuries.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2024
Just don’t try to reason the Ship of Theseus conundrum with it.
—Nina Huang, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2021
The story also has ties to Greek mythology with Theseus and the Minotaur.
—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 5 Jan. 2024
And just as there’s no right answer to the riddle of Theseus’s Ship, perhaps there’s none to the question of what qualifies as a martini.
—Becky Hughes, New York Times, 13 July 2023
Once upon a time, the legend goes, Theseus slew the Minotaur and sailed triumphantly home to Athens on a wooden ship.
—Amy X. Wang Grant Cornett, New York Times, 4 May 2023
Rachel Hadas, The Conversation, 9 July 2024
Brookside Gardens and Fort Washington Park are among sites hosting Theseus, Hippolyta and the fairies before the season wraps up at the Publick Playhouse on July 14.
—Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
When people get hurt or move away, they’re replaced like planks on the Ship of Theseus.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 June 2024
Ancient philosophers were bedeviled by the question of whether the ship of Theseus retained its fundamental essence after each of its component parts was replaced one by one over the course of centuries.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2024
Just don’t try to reason the Ship of Theseus conundrum with it.
—Nina Huang, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2021
The story also has ties to Greek mythology with Theseus and the Minotaur.
—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 5 Jan. 2024
And just as there’s no right answer to the riddle of Theseus’s Ship, perhaps there’s none to the question of what qualifies as a martini.
—Becky Hughes, New York Times, 13 July 2023
Once upon a time, the legend goes, Theseus slew the Minotaur and sailed triumphantly home to Athens on a wooden ship.
—Amy X. Wang Grant Cornett, New York Times, 4 May 2023
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