antiquity, feasts celebrated by the Athenians in honour of Theseus, consisting of sports and games, with mirth and banquets; such as were poor and unable to contribute to them were entertained at the public expense.

famous hero of antiquity ranked among the demi-gods, whose history is fabulous. He was the reputed son of Aegeus king of Athens. He threw Seiron, a cruel robber, down a precipice; fattened Procrustes' tyrant of Attica to a bending pine, which being let loose tore him asunder; killed the Minotaur kept in the labyrinth by king Minos, in Crete; and by the affiance of that prince's daughter, Ariadne, who gave him a clue, escaped out of that labyrinth, and failed with his deliverer to the isle of Naxos, where he had the ingratitude to leave her.

Theseus afterwards overcame the Centaurs, subdued the Thespians, and defeated the Amazons. He assisted his friend Pirithous in his expedition to the infernal regions to carry off Procris; but was imprisoned by Pluto, till he was released by Hercules. He is also said to have established the Isthmian games, in honour of Neptune; to have united the twelve cities of Attica; and to have founded a republic there, 1236 B.C. Some time after, taking a voyage into Epirus, he was seized by Alcides king of the Molossians; meanwhile Menestheus rendered himself master of Athens. But at length Theseus being released from prison, retired to Scyros, where king Lycomedes caused him to be thrown from the top of a rock. Theseus had several wives; the first of whom was Helena the daughter of Tyndarus; the second, Hypolita queen of the Amazons; and the last, Phaedra sister to Ariadne, who punished him for | Fahrenheit | Thermometer | |------------|-------------| | 108 | 61 | | 104 | 60 | | 100 | 59 | | 96 | 58 | | 92 | 57 | | 88 | 56 | | 84 | 55 | | 80 | 54 | | 76 | 53 | | 72 | 52 | | 68 | 51 | | 64 | 50 | | 60 | 49 | | 56 | 48 | | 52 | 47 | | 48 | 46 | | 44 | 45 | | 40 | 44 | | 36 | 43 | | 32 | 42 | | 28 | 41 | | 24 | 40 | | 20 | 39 | | 16 | 38 | | 12 | 37 | | 8 | 36 | | 4 | 35 | | 0 | 34 |

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