Aegeus

Aigeos

Expels the sons of Metion from Athens. King of Athens.

Genealogy

Pylia

Pandion, Scyrius

Lycus, Nisus, Pallas

Chalciope, Medea, Meta

Medus, Theseus

Group

Eponymous Heroes of Athens

Places
  1. Athens
  2. Delphi
  3. Marathon
  4. Megara
  5. Troezen
Events
  1. Theseus and the Minotaur
  2. Medea marries and has a son with Aegeus
  3. Medea is expelled from Athens for plotting against Theseus
  4. Medea convinces Aegeus to send Theseus against Marathonian bull
  5. Medea gives Aegeus poison to administer to Theseus
  6. Aegeus tries to poison Theseus
  7. Aegeus recognizes Theseus as his son
  8. Aegeus kills himself
  9. After Pandion’s death, his sons march against Athens
  10. Pandion’s sons expel the Metionids from Athens
  11. Pandion’s sons divide the kingdom of Athens into four
  12. Aegeus takes over all the Athenian territory
  13. Aegeus, fearing his brothers, goes to Pythia to consult the oracle about having a male child
  14. Aegeus, puzzled by an oracle, sets out for Athens
  15. Aegeus visits Pittheus on his way to Athens
  16. Pittheus, understanding the oracle which puzzled Aegeus, makes Aegeus drunk and gets him to have sex with his daughter
  17. Poseidon and Aegeus have sex with Aethra on the same night
  18. Aegeus tells Aethra that if she gives birth to a male child, she should rear it
  19. Aegeus leaves a sword and sandals under a heavy rock
  20. Aegeus tells Aethra to send away the boy when he grows old enough to roll away the rock and take the sword and sandals
  21. Aegeus returns to Athens
  22. Aegeus sends Androgeus against the bull of Marathon, which kills him
  23. Aegeus attacks Athens with his fleet
  24. Aegeus captures Megara by defeating Nisus
  25. Aegeus kills Megareus
  26. Aegeus instructs Theseus to return with white sails on his ship should he survive the Minotaur
  27. Aegeus establishes the Athenian cult of Aphrodite
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.2
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.16
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.28
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 15.5
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 15.6
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 15.7
  7. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 16.1
  8. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 1.5
  9. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 1.6
  10. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 1.7
  11. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 1.10
  12. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 265
  13. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 5.2
  14. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 5.4
  15. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 14.7
  16. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 19.3
  17. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 22.4
  18. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 22.5
  19. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 27.8
  20. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 39.4
  21. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 3.8
  22. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 32.7
  23. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 15.8
  24. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 2.6
  25. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 7.8
  26. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 23.3
  27. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 10.1
  28. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 29.10
  29. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 35.8
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