What is Theseus?
'''Theseus''' was an [[Ancient Greece|ancient Greek]] hero who is the main character in many [[myth]]s. His father was [[Aegeus]], and his mother was [[Aethra]]. He is best known for the defeating the monsters and criminals (such as Procrustus who made travellers fit his special bed by stretching them or cutting off their feet) he met on his way to [[Athens]], and killing the [[minotaur]] on the island of [[Crete]]. Later in life, he became king of Athens after his father, Aegeus. {{religion-stub}} [[Category:People in Greek mythology]]