Thēseus (dissyl.), -ĕï;, and -ĕos, m., = Θησεύς,
I a king of Athens , son of Aegeus (acc. to others, of Neptune ) and Aethra; husband of Ariadne , and afterwards of Phaedra; father of Hippolytus , by the Amazon Hippolyte; friend of Pirithoüs; conqueror of the highway-robbers Periphetes , Sinnis , etc., and of the Minotaur , Ov. M. 7, 433 sq.; id. H. 10, 3; Stat. Th. 12, 576; Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 45; 3, 31, 76; id. Fin. 1, 20, 65; Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 7; Ov. F. 6, 737; Verg. A. 6, 618; Hor. C. 4, 7, 27 al.—Hence,
A Thēsēus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Theseus , Thesean : carina, Prop. 1, 3, 1: laus, Ov. M. 8, 263: fides, id. Tr. 1, 3, 66: crimen, i. e. the desertion of Ariadne , id. F. 3, 460; id. A. A. 3, 459.—Transf., poet., for Athenian : via, Prop. 3 (4), 21, 24: Hymettus, Mart. 13, 104, 1: favi, id. 4, 13, 4.—
B Thē-sēïus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Theseus : heros, i. e. Hippolytus , Ov. M. 15, 492: dicta, Stat. Th. 12, 681: Troezen, ruled by the ancestors of Theseus , id. ib. 4, 81.—
C Thēsīdes , ae, m., the offspring of Theseus , i. e. Hippolytus , Ov. H. 4, 65; Aus. Epigr. 20. — Transf., poet., for an Athenian , Verg. G. 2, 383.—
D Thēsēis , ĭdis, f., the title of a poem concerning Theseus , Juv. 1, 2.