The Thread

Theseus was a hero of Greek mythology, the man credited with founding Athens as we’d recognise it, but the story most people know him for happened earlier, when he was young enough to still be proving himself rather than ruling anything. Every nine years, Athens was forced to send fourteen young people, seven men and…

Theseus is one of the founding heroes of Greek mythology, best known for defeating the Minotaur inside the Labyrinth at Knossos. But that story is really just the middle chapter of a much longer myth, one that begins with a sword hidden under a boulder and ends with a hero reshaping an entire city. Read…