Theseus persuades his father to allow him to go to Crete, with the aim of killing the Minotaur. And if he kills the creature he will signal his success by flying a white sail on the return journey.

According to the historian Apollodorus, Theseus “killed [the Minotaur] by smiting him with his fists; and drawing the clue after him made his way out again.” Though Theseus would become a ...

Greek myths are all over theatre stages at the moment, their fierce, vengeful stories offering unnerving parallels with ...

Theseus, King of Athens, comes out to see what Oedipus wants. Theseus was once in exile himself and seeks to be charitable. Oedipus, blinded by his own hands, has been walking the land with his ...