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THESEUS
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• THESEUS (noun)
The noun THESEUS has 1 sense:
1. (Greek mythology) a hero and king of Athens who was noted for his many great deeds: killed Procrustes and the Minotaur and defeated the Amazons and united Attica
Familiarity information: THESEUS used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Greek mythology) a hero and king of Athens who was noted for his many great deeds: killed Procrustes and the Minotaur and defeated the Amazons and united Attica
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
mythical being (an imaginary being of myth or fable)
Domain category:
Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)
Context examples
Induced by these feelings, I was of course led to admire peaceable lawgivers, Numa, Solon, and Lycurgus, in preference to Romulus and Theseus.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
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