Characters in Theseus: Later Adventures and Death
Meet the Cast
Theseus
Most of the stories of Theseus's later years don't exactly show him being particularly heroic. He pretty much spends most of his time kidnapping unwilling women like Hippolyta and Helen. He even tr...
Hippolyta
Hippolyta is the queen of the Amazons, a race of warrior women descended from Ares, the god of war himself. Poor Hippolyta is always getting picked on by male heroes. First, Theseus kidnaps her, fo...
Hippolytus
Hippolytus is the son of Theseus and the Amazon queen, Hippolyta (though some say he's the son Hippolyta's sister Antiope). Pretty much everybody agrees he was a major stud. Like a major stud. Lik...
Phaedra
Phaedra, daughter the King Minos of Crete, is Theseus' second wife, who he marries after ditching the Amazonian Queen, Hippolyta. Phaedra is also the sister of Ariadne who Theseus ditched on an isl...
Pirithous
Pirithous, Prince of the Lapiths, was Theseus's best bud. From the moment the two heroes set eyes on each other, it was a total bromance. We're guessing they probably spent a lot of their time toge...