§ 5 f j Mgeus, on feeing the fword, acknowleged him for his
*°n: ^ f fterJ hlS: /rThe/ bas fubdued Pallas, who had rebelled ;
and drove the Mara'thonian bull alive into the d t y ,‘where it
a r o J r ^ M 0 f P°B? ° eIPhiDhsr M ed J c w t e , de-
f f l % f e # OUt ° f Labyrinth,
nffifted by « dcw g.von b,m by Ariadne, daughter of Minos
He «ade Athena the capital o f a „ Attira> . J B U g
Pyathenæao fefttval. He defeated the Amazons. He affiited
• t S , m " S S l * c bodies of M £ & m m Thebans,cand flew Green their king. HeWas pdtftnfS the
^ aq.eU.tbe Centaurs, who were intoxicated, and offered
SS Se fdi HHedlenl, , a gKnl *>t m ar£ria£g ea^ble, as foe- was S K in a
tempi© at Sfarta. His abettor was Pirithons, who, 2 Starn
I t COmpany 01151 Iikc expedition, whkh proveëmnforf
* the Moldh ^ or, as, mythologie relate, they meditated a
| g l j f j I g Ê g p ^ ^ defended into, hell, but were detained
^nre oondemned to fit on a took within, Ç K - 2 S
Hercules obtsmri liberty for Thefens. In th/mean ^ t e t
^ndatidas had invaded Attica, and taken Aphidlw, where
Helen was concealed, with Æthra his mother, wh4 r 2
g e t a w a y mtocaptivity. The Atheniansrn e ed 2 L 3
® Perf“ f oa Meneflhens, whom thoy
S r i 2 É » Atl^ts, hut was R f c o n i
J L 1-Ua I f e k refoSe Hi the ifiand ofoSeÿrOs/ where he
^ * LyC0TOdeS' ^
a l f e j * * * *!le W P * » at Athens, after the battfc of
Marathon, that, the fpeare 0f Thefcus had heen r™ c X r
again* the Mode, * The K 3 5 3 K
«move his reBc, ,o .heir city, and .»-honour *
His bqnes, with a brazen helmet and a fword lying- near them-’
from
from Scyros, about eight hundred years after he died. The
Athenians received them with iptendid ptoceffions arid facrifi*
ccs j and rejoiced, as i f he were come agaltt■ in peribn. They
in&ituted facred rites for him, a® for a Grid, and eredfod an
heroum or monument on the Colonus Hippius, and a temple in
the city*, on^whlch they conferred the privilege p# an afylum.
This building, Whidh was/called the Thef^am, was in fubfe-
quent ages reputed fo exceedingly holy, that with the -Parthenon
and another temple, it was generally adored»
T he temple of Thefeus was deco-rated With (ygap«*) repre-
fentations of the Athenians fighting with the Amazons, and o f
the battle o f the. ■ Centaurs-- with the Lapithse. Thefeus Was
diftinguifhed, as having killed. ^.Qentaur, while the others were
engaged in equal cpmbat. The third wall required-explanation*
as Paufanias obferves, partly from time, partly becaufe Micon
had not exp-reded the whole ftory. Minos, it was faid> had
required Thefeus to prove he Was the fori o f Neptune, by recovering
a fignet, which he threw into the feg * and they related,
that he arofe with it and with a golden crown prefented to hint1
by Amphitrite. I t was Micon who painted Thefeus'and the
Athenians /fighting- with the Amazons -in the Sfoti or Portico
called Pcecile. He was alfo a ftatuary.
T he temple of Thefeus is o f the Doric order, and in the
flyle of its arehitedture greatly refembiCS the Parthenon.« Though^
a very antient fabric, M;>isientire, except the too-fit • which is
modern, and vaulted, with an aperture or two for the admiffion
of light. The pavement has been removed, and the walls are
bare. It is a Greek church, dedicated to ;8t. George, as '^dod
a hero as Thefeus; A recefs for the holy table has been eredted,
as in the Parthenon, but in «the pronaos j and deedrated with
portraits of faints. The entrance is in the fide o f the cell; at
a low door, which is kept locked, except on the feflival,-'*wherl
foals is celebrated. Ifcis plated with ir-on> and much bettered $■
the Turks firing at it with bullets to tty the force of theiri
powdep.