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2197 from Greek and Roman Materials

1. Perseus Vase Catalog entry Verona 25653
   B: Nude Theseus advancing 3/4-view to the right, with his weight on his bent, forward right leg, wearing a chlamys, a scabbard band over his right shoulder, and a white taenia, holds his sword at his side in his right hand, and a rock in his upraised left hand (it is obscured by his chlamys); the Krommyonian sow, moving profile to the left, raises its forelegs; the sow is partially obscured by the old female figure (Phaia or Krommyo), who stands in front of it, profile to the left, with her legs and waist slightly bent, wearing a short-sleeved chiton with a long kolpos, and short white hair, and extended her right hand (to beseech Theseus? (18.39)

2. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890) (eds. G. E. Marindin, William Smith, LLD, William Wayte) alphabetic letter T
   The whole Theseus-festival comprised on different days of the month Pyanepsion several distinct ceremonies, which have been elsewhere particularly described, partly representing the story of Theseus, partly the funeral rites which had become connected with his festival. (17.92)

3. A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) alphabetic letter A
   ) When Theseus had grown up to manhood , and was informed of his descent, he went to Athens and defeated the fifty sons of his uncle Pallas, who claiming the kingly dignity of Athens, had made war upon Aegeus and deposed him, and also wished to exclude Theseus from the succession. (17.46)

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32 from Renaissance Materials

1. William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream (eds. W. Aldis Wright, W. G. Clark) act 4, scene 1, line 63
   Obe. Now thou and I are new in amity,
   
   
   And will to-morrow midnight solemnly
   
   
   Dance in Duke Theseus' house triumphantly
   
   
   And bless it to all fair prosperity:
   
   
   There shall the pairs of faithful lovers be
   
   
   Wedded, with Theseus, all in jollity.
   (5.72)

2. Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary entry Passion
   Ariadne --ing for Theseus' perjury, . (5.33)

3. Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary entry Theseus
   Theseus, the fabulous king of Athens: . (5.06)

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1 from The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra

1. Critical Commentary act 2, scene 3, commline 24
   But the instance most apposite is in The Maids Tragedy, where the forlorn Aspatia sees her servant working the story of Theseus and Ariadne, and thus advises her to punish the perfidy of the former:—“In this place work a quick-sand . (2.71)

45 from The Bolles Collection on the History of London

1. Charles Knight, Guide cards to the antiquities in the British Museum guidecard 30
   Casts from the Temple of Theseus. (4.93)

2. Charles Knight, Guide cards to the antiquities in the British Museum guidecard 28
   Casts from the Temple of Theseus. (4.93)

3. Charles Knight, Guide cards to the antiquities in the British Museum guidecard 31
   Casts from the Temple of Theseus. (4.93)

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1 from American Memory: California

1. The autobiography of Charles Peters, in 1915 the oldest pioneer living in California, who mined in ... the days of '49 ...; also historical happenings, interesting incidents and illustrations of the old mining towns in the good luck era, the placer mining days of the '50s page 72
   They had Hercules, Theseus, Castor, Pollux and Orpheus in the crowd, so it was a mixture of characters, equalling in diversity, the rush to California in '49. (2.51)

2 from American Memory: Chesapeake Bay

1. J. Thomas Scharf, The chronicles of Baltimore : being a complete history of “Baltimore town” and Baltimore city from the earliest period to the present time / by J. Thomas Scharf page 387
   It is built in imitation of the temple of Theseus at Athens. (2.21)

2. Anne Hollingsworth Wharton, Social life in the early republic page 100
   This handsome house, with its lofty portico, whose roof is supported by Doric columns said to be modelled after those of the Temple of Theseus at Athens, stands on a bluff two hundred feet above the Potomac and is surrounded by fine trees. (2.04)

1088 from Beazley Archive

1. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 41999
   B - MAN BETWEEN EYES, BETWEEN THESEUS AND THE MINOTAUR AND MAN LEANING ON CLUB (THESEUS ? (15.34)

2. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 4620
   A - THESEUS AND PROKRUSTES, THESEUS AND THE SOW (13.82)

3. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 4621
   0 - THESEUS AND KERKYON, OR THESEUS AND SINIS (9.61)

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