Phaedra

Phaedra Theseus was the son either of Poseidon or Aegeus the king of Athens. His mother was Aethra. The unfruitful Aegeus consulted the Delphic Oracle and was told not to untie his wine scratch until he returned home. He did not understand what the oracle meant and so visited his friend King Pittheus of Troezen. Realizing that Aegeus was going to beget a virile son immediately after the celebration feast for his undecomposed return to Athens, Pittheus made his guest drunk and put him to contend with his daughter Aethra, and so Theseus was conceived.

Before he left for home, Aegeus took the fraught(p) Aethra to a great boulder underneath which he set(p) his sword and sandals. He told her that, should she have a son, she must attend until he was strong enough to raise the boulder in the first place she sent him to his fathers court. After Aegeus departure the wily Pittheus said his daughters caramel brown was really Poseidon. When Theseus came of age, Aethra explained that he was heir to the Athenian throne and he ret...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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