#aegeus

[mayhemforlace]

You just blackmailed him!

[whencyclopedia]

Cerberus

Cerberus (also spelt Kerberos) is a vicious three-headed dog in Greek mythology, who guards the entrance to the underworld. He allowed the souls of the dead to enter Hades but prevented the living (except for a few exceptions) from entering. Cerberus is a son of Typhon, a Giant, and Echidna, a half-woman, half-snake creature.

Anubis is the Egyptian counterpart of Cerberus. Like Cerberus, he had the head of a dog and guarded the underworld. Cerberus' name is first mentioned in Hesiod's (c. 700 BCE) Theogony.

Birth & Family

In his Theogony, Hesiod states that Cerberus was the son of Typhon, a serpentine Giant that breathed fire, and Echidna, a half-woman and half-snake creature. In addition, he was the brother of other fearsome creatures, including the two-headed dog Orthos and the Lernaean Hydra (a water serpent).

They say that Typho, terrible and proud And lawless, loved this nymph with glancing eyes, And she conceived and bore fierce progeny: First, Orthos the dog of Geryon, and next, Unspeakable Cerberus, who eats raw flesh, The bronze-voiced hound of Hades, shameless, strong, With fifty heads.

(Hesiod, Theogony, 310-316).

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[izzytheace]

Consider:

Supportive Shade being Aegeus.

It's hilarious to me. Showing up to a massive show that has your son that you knew for a month who accidentally caused your death because he forgot to change the sails like an idiot, only to root for that guy he hates a lot. It would destroy Theseus emotionally and mentally

[tylermileslockett]

Theseus #2 (the Journey to Athens and the Six Labors)

king Aegeus stops over to visit king Pitheus who, understanding the prophecy, offers his own daughter, Aethra, and after getting the king drunk, the two lay together. The same night, Aethra is visited by Athena in a dream who instructs the princess to visit the oceanside to pray for blessings. Here Poseidon appears and couples with her. Thus, Aethra is impregnated by both a king and a god, so the child has dual paternity.

When the child, Theseus, comes of age, he is instructed to remove a huge boulder to inherit his kingly father’s sword and sandals, and journey to Athens to claim his rightful princely birthright. The journey is long and arduous, fraught with death and danger, and Theseus proves his heroic worth by performing six labors, defeating evil villains who wish him harm by using their own evil techniques against them.

1.)         First, Theseus defeats the brigand Periphetes, the bronze club wielder, and lame legged, like his father, Hephaestus.

2.)         Next, he kills Pityocamptes, who would tie his victims to two bowed pine trees, releasing them and tearing the victims apart.

3.)         Third, he overcomes a creature; the Crommyonian Sow

4.)         Fourth, he outwits Sciron, who would push victims off a cliff to be eaten by a giant turtle.

5.)         Fifth he faces Cercyon at the holy sight of Eleusis, who challenged passers to wrestling matches. Theseus uses untold power and technique to achieve victory; and is thus credited as the originator of the sport of wrestling.

6.)         Sixth, he overcomes Procrustes, who had two beds in his home, one too short and one too long. IF the guest was too short, Procrustes would stretch him through torture to fit, or if the guest was too tall, the villain would chop off the guest’s feet.

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[dreamconsumer]

Theseus and Aegeus. Unknown artist.

[sarafangirlart]

I can’t help but think of Perseus going “hey son-in-law would you mind if my granddaughters come live with me? No particular reason it’s just that uh, Andromeda here really wanted to get to know these girls right love?” Bc he knows how Kings behave when they want a son so bad he consults an oracle lol

[godsofhumanity]

Aegeus: do you have any skeletons in your closet? Medea: Literally or figuratively? Aegeus: i have to specify??

[spider-gets-artsy]

Iconsssss

[enjoljeacharlichele]

No but Aegeus' death is the most hilarious death in greek mythology, it's a comedy of errors.

First there's Theseus who forgets that no today is not white sails' laundry day but oh well, we'll just leave the black ones on, no harm done right?

Wrong, because today the king your father, who endured Minos' horrible request and you leaving, is watching and well, his son is dead, no other offspring, it's time to jump into this convenient nameless sea leaving Athens without a government. Goodbye to the one father in greek mythology who actually loved his son.

And it doesn't end here, no, because Theseus is back, they all cry and they all decide that the best way to honor you is to forever immortalize your silly, silly decision.

But hey, at least the sea has a name now.

[mythological-art]

Theseus Lifting the Stone

Artist: Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673)

Theseus Lifting the Stone

In Greek mythology, Theseus lifted a boulder to prove himself a hero and claim his birthright as the son of Aegeus, king of Athens.

[sebeth]

Who's Who In The DC Universe #1: Adam Strange, Aegeus, Air Wave I, Air Wave II

Adam Strange by Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson

Adam was fleeing from South American natives when he was struck by the Zeta Beam, a “beam of energy sent from the planet Rann in hopes of communicating” with Earth

The Zeta Beam teleported Adam to Rann instead

Adam meets a scientist named Sardath and Alanna, his daughter

Adam became the Rann’s first citizen and savior and later married Alanna

Rann is a planet of contradictions: “Some of its divided city-states possesses science far in advance of Earth, while others exist in almost barbaric splendor”

Adam teleports back to Earth whenever the Zeta Beam wears off, he then has to calculate where the next Zeta Beam will strike (always south of the equator) to return to Rann

I’ve always loved Adam Strange. How can you not enjoy an archaeologist who has space adventures? I’d recommend the Adam Strange miniseries that came out shortly before Infinite Crisis (no, not the Rann-Thanagar War mini-series, the “Adam Strange” mini-series that preceded it. It was excellent!

Aegeus by Don Heck

A Greek national who was planning acts of terrorism when he met Bellerophon (yes, the one from Greek mythology). Bellerophon had become an Olympian-hater so he gave Aegeus a magical bow and arrow, six daggers of Vulcan (shouldn’t he be called Hephaestus (?), and Pegasus. Aegeus then decided to pick a fight with Wonder Woman and the Amazons. It doesn’t end well for him.

For such a long-running character, Wonder Woman’s rogue gallery does not have the depth of a Flash, a Batman, or a Spider-Man. Aegeus is D list. Has he even been seen post-Crisis?

Air-Wave I and Air Wave II by Alex Saviuk & Dick Giordano

Did you know Hal Jordan’s cousins were heroes? And not of the Green Lantern variety?

Lawrence (Larry) Jordan was a native of Earth-2. He developed a helmet and belt that allowed him to into any radio wave, project his voice through radio waves, among other abilities. He created the Air Wave persona, battled nazis, and joined the All-Star Squadron.

Larry traveled to Earth-1 under “unknown circumstances”, became a district attorney, married a woman named Helen, and has a son named Harold (Hal). No, not that Hal Jordan.

Criminals later shot and killed Larry as revenge against his crusades as a district attorney.

Hal inherited the Air Wave equipment and persona from his father.

His mother had a breakdown after the murder of his father and was confined to an institution. Hal was taken in by his cousins, Jack and Jan Jordan.

Hal received some coaching on heroics from his cousin Hal (yes, that Hal), Green Arrow, and Black Canary.

The only appearances of either Air Wave that I’ve read were when Larry or Hal made appearances in the All-Star Squadron or JSA series. They were okay.

I suppose a quick detour is needed for younger readers about the various earths that will be mentioned in the Who’s Who:

Earth-1: The earth of the Silver Age heroes to 1985/1986: the home of Barry, Hal, Katar, Shayera, etc

Earth-2: The home of the Golden Age/original versions of DC’s iconic heroes: Alan Scott, Jay Garrick, Carter Hall. Also, the home of the Justice Society, All-Star Squadron, Infinity Inc, etc. Bruce, Clark, and Diana among other will have versions of themselves on both Earth-1 and Earth-2. The difference is the Earth-2 versions can age, marry, and have children while the Earth-1 versions stayed young and single.

There were multiple other earths, this is off the top of my head so the designations may be wrong, but a few more were:4

Earth-3: The home of the Crime Syndicate (reverse world where the Justice League are evil, and the villains are the good guys)

Earth-F: Home of the Fawcett heroes

Earth-C: Home of the Charlton heroes

Earth-Q: Home of the Quality heroes

DC simply created another earth when they bought out another company and then plopped the newly acquired characters on it rather than try to insert the characters on a prior earth. Crossovers between earths were frequent. DC eventually decided the continuity was too complicated and thus the Crisis on Infinite Earths was born. I don’t know, I was nine years old when the Crisis began and I understood the continuity just fine, so how complicated could it be?

[mayhemforlace]

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[tinysweetnight]

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[tylermileslockett]

Theseus #2 (the Journey to Athens and the Six Labors)

king Aegeus stops over to visit king Pitheus who, understanding the prophecy, offers his own daughter, Aethra, and after getting the king drunk, the two lay together. The same night, Aethra is visited by Athena in a dream who instructs the princess to visit the oceanside to pray for blessings. Here Poseidon appears and couples with her. Thus, Aethra is impregnated by both a king and a god, so the child has dual paternity.

When the child, Theseus, comes of age, he is instructed to remove a huge boulder to inherit his kingly father’s sword and sandals, and journey to Athens to claim his rightful princely birthright. The journey is long and arduous, fraught with death and danger, and Theseus proves his heroic worth by performing six labors, defeating evil villains who wish him harm by using their own evil techniques against them.

1.)         First, Theseus defeats the brigand Periphetes, the bronze club wielder, and lame legged, like his father, Hephaestus.

2.)         Next, he kills Pityocamptes, who would tie his victims to two bowed pine trees, releasing them and tearing the victims apart.

3.)         Third, he overcomes a creature; the Crommyonian Sow

4.)         Fourth, he outwits Sciron, who would push victims off a cliff to be eaten by a giant turtle.

5.)         Fifth he faces Cercyon at the holy sight of Eleusis, who challenged passers to wrestling matches. Theseus uses untold power and technique to achieve victory; and is thus credited as the originator of the sport of wrestling.

6.)         Sixth, he overcomes Procrustes, who had two beds in his home, one too short and one too long. IF the guest was too short, Procrustes would stretch him through torture to fit, or if the guest was too tall, the villain would chop off the guest’s feet.

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[dreamconsumer]

Theseus Recognised. By Luigi Ademollo.