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From "Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans" by Plutarch
Theseus
Legendary founder and king of Athens
Core Belief
"A strong belief in justice, order, and the pursuit of glory through virtuous actions."
Worldview
Sees the world as a place where heroes can rise to greatness by overcoming challenges and establishing just societies.
Personality
Brave, ambitious, and driven by a desire for glory, Theseus is depicted as a hero who seeks to emulate Hercules and clear the land of villains. He is also portrayed as a just ruler who seeks to unite Attica and establish a commonwealth.
In Their Own Words
"Theseus seemed to me to resemble Romulus in many particulars. Both of them, born out of wedlock and of uncertain parentage, had the repute of being sprung from the gods."
"With this mind and these thoughts, he set forward with a design to do injury to nobody, but to repel and revenge himself of all those that should offer any."
"Son of the Pitthean maid, To your town the terms and fates, My father gives of many states. Be not anxious nor afraid; The bladder will not fail so swim On the waves that compass him."
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