![]() Arrived at Cephisus, he was purified by the Phytalidae.Īt Athens he was immediately recognized by Medea, who laid a plot for poisoning him at a banquet to which he was invited. Periphetes, Sinis, Phaea the Cromyonian sow, Sciron, Cercyon, and Procrustes fell before the invincible hero. Eager to emulate Heracles, he went by land, displaying his prowess by destroying the robbers and monsters that infested the country. 1 When no reached maturity, Theseus, by his mother's directions took the sword and sandals, the tokens which had been left by Aegeus, and proceeded to Athens. Other legends, however, maintained their ground, which represented him as the son of Poseidon by Aethra. This was avowedly the method upon which Plutarch proceeded.Īccording to the commonly received traditions Theseus was the son of Aegeus, king of Athens, and Aethra, the daughter of Pittheus, king of Troezen. ![]() The later belief of the Athenians, adopted and strengthened by writers of authority, represented him as a very much more historical person than he really was and, in consequence, the rationalistic mythologists took considerable pains to draw up a narrative of his life in which the supernatural should be kept as much as possible in the back ground, and the character in which the Athenians loved to regard him, as the founder of Attic nationality, be exhibited in as prominent a light as the received traditions allowed. Police say the make-up of the bomb at the Athens stock exchange fits the profile of a group called "Revolutionary Struggle." The group is best known for attacking a United States embassy in Athens in 2007.The great legendary hero of Attica, is one of those mythological personages, whose legends it is by no means easy to disentangle, and represent in their original shape. "We have no claim of responsibility yet." "All evidence shows it was a terrorist attack," said Greek police spokesman Panayiotis Stathis, referring to Wednesday's blasts in Athens and Thessaloniki. Police believe the attacks since then have been carried out by left-wing militants. In December 2008, police shot and killed a teenager, which ignited riots across the country. The two bomb blasts are the latest in a series of attacks on business and police targets that have occurred across Greece since the end of last year. ![]() Two separate Greek media outlets received anonymous calls warning of the blasts, but it is still unclear if the attacks were connected. "Despite the massive material damage, the Athens and Cyprus markets will operate normally," bourse chairman Spyros Kapralos said.Īt around the same time, another bomb caused minor damage to a ministry building in the northern port city of Thessaloniki. Despite the attack, it was business as usual at the Athens stock exchange, which is linked to the exchange in Nicosia. It caused damage to the building and destroyed at least eight cars parked nearby. The homemade bomb was planted in a van next to the bourse. The woman was on her way to work and was hit by flying glass from the blast. Greek police suspect leftist or anarchist groups were responsible for the early morning attack on the Athens stock exchange that left one woman slightly injured.
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