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Later, when Theseus kidnapped Helen, he gave her to Aethra for safekeeping.Helen's brothers, the Dioscuri, took Helen back and kidnapped Aethra to Lacedaemon in revenge. . There she became a slave of Helen with whom she went to Troy and remained there until found by her grandson, Acamas.
Aethra (possibly same as above) is, in one source, called the wife of Hyperion, rather than Theia, and mother of Helios, Eos, and Selene. [6] Aethra, daughter of King Pittheus of Troezen and mother of Theseus either by Poseidon [7] or Aegeus. [8] This is the same Aethra who went to Troy with Helen as one of her two handmaidens. [9]
Theseus, in an old tradition, [18] chose Helen, and together they kidnapped her, intending to keep her until she was old enough to marry. Pirithous chose Persephone, even though she was already married to Hades, king of the underworld. They left Helen with Theseus's mother, Aethra at Aphidna, whence she was rescued by the Dioscuri.
Athenian tradition held that Theseus, the king and founder-hero of Athens, either by force or negotiation, recovered the bodies of the Seven at Thebes, and buried them at Eleusis. [20] In Euripides' Suppliants, Theseus agrees to assist Adrastus in recovering the bodies of his fallen comrades, which Theseus does after defeating the Thebans in ...
Calchas warns the Greeks not to harm Aeneas, who is destined to found a new city. Menelaüs kills Helen’s new husband, Deïphobus, but Aphrodite prevents him from killing Helen. Locrian Ajax rapes Cassandra in the temple of Athena, incurring the goddess’s wrath. The city is set ablaze. Theseus’ mother, Aethra, unexpectedly meets her ...
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She was a daughter of Aethra [18] by Hippalces, [19] thus half-sister to Theseus and a distant relative to Menelaus. [20] Clymene and her mother were taken by Helen to Troy as handmaidens when Helen was carried off by Paris. [21] Later on, she was among the captives during the Trojan War along with Aethra, Creusa, Aristomache and Xenodice. [22]