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(the'se-us.) (Heroic Hist.) The renowned hero of A then i an legend, the son of Ægeus, and friend of Hercules. He slew the Minotaurs, in which he was a isted by the Cretan prince Ariadne, who gave him ac lew of thread by means of which he found his way out of the labyrinth. Ariadne eloped with him, but as they arrived upon the island of Naxos, she was killed by the arrows of Artemise. The wars of T. with the Amazons were widely celebrated. His friend Pirithous helped him to carry off Helen, whom her brothers Castor and Pollux recovered. He was connected with every general enterprise of the heroic age, and was at last killed by Lycomedes of Scyros. [s. 892]