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Aegeus

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Aegeus is the king of Athens. He reveals that despite his marriage he is still without children. Medea relays her current situation to him and begs for Aegeus to let her stay in Athens if she gives him drugs to end his infertility.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
500 BCE
Attested period
-500 – 2020
Historical notes
Play written in 431 BCE.

Relationships

co occurs with
Aegea, Arianna, Archeus, Tauride, Helios, Medea, Glauce, Creon, Minotaur
parent of
Theseus
enemy of
Minos

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (2)
  1. Medea (play)
  2. Arianna in Creta
encyclopedia (1)
  1. Aegean Sea (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed

Source passages

“In the following scene Medea encounters Aegeus, king of Athens. He reveals to her that despite his marriage he is still without children.”

#41434 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“another from Aegeus, the father of Theseus, who, supposing his son dead, drowned himself in it”

#43747 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free

“King Aegeus of Athens, who had killed Minos' baby son and carried away his baby daughter.”

#45874 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free