Editing Pittheus (section)

== Biography ==
Pittheus was a son of [[Pelops]] and [[Dia (mythology)|Dia]]<ref>[[Scholia]] on [[Pindar]], ''Olympian Ode'' 1.144</ref><ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Pseudo-Apollodorus]], ''Bibliotheca'' 3.15.7 & Epitome 2.10</ref> (maybe another name for [[Hippodamia (mythology)|Hippodamia]]), father of [[Aethra (mother of Theseus)|Aethra]]<ref>[[Euripides]], ''[[Children of Heracles|Heracleidae]]'' 207; [[Dictys Cretensis]], ''Journal of the Trojan War'' 5.13'';'' [[Athenaeus]], ''[[Deipnosophistae|Deipnosophists]]'' 13.4'';'' [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [http://94.70.254.130:8080/topostextnew/work.php?work_id=206#14.2 14.2, 37, 79 & 243]{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [[Isocrates]],'' Helen'' 10.8 ''(Commentary, s.v. Theseus);'' Sir Richard C. Jebb'', Commentary on [[Sophocles]]: [[Oedipus at Colonus]]'' 562</ref><ref name=":3">[[Diodorus Siculus]]. ''[[Bibliotheca historica|Bibliotheca Historica]], Book 4.59.1''</ref> and [[Henioche]],<ref>[[Plutarch]], ''Theseus'' 25.4</ref> and grandfather and instructor of [[Theseus]]. 

He was described by [[Euripides]] as the most pious son of Pelops, a wise man, and well versed on understanding the oracle thus sought by [[Aegeus]].<ref name=":0">[[Euripides]]''. [[Medea (play)|Medea]], [http://topostext.org/work.php?work_id=34 683];'' Plutarch. ''Life of Theseus, 3.4'' </ref> Pittheus is said to have taught the art of speaking, and even to have written a book upon it.<ref>Pausanias. ''Description of Greece, 2.31.3''</ref> [[Plutarch]] spoke of Pittheus' account in the following verses: <blockquote>[Pittheus] had the highest repute as a man versed in the lore of his times and of the greatest wisdom. Now the wisdom of that day had some such form and force as that for which [[Hesiod]] was famous, especially in the sententious maxims of his '[[Works and Days]]' .One of these maxims is ascribed to Pittheus, namely: — 'Payment pledged to a man who is dear must be ample and certain.' At any rate, this is what [[Aristotle]] the philosopher says, and Euripides, when he has Hippolytus addressed as 'nursling of the pure and holy Pittheus,' shows what the world thought of Pittheus.<ref name=":1">Plutarch. ''Life of Theseus, 3.1-2'' {{PD-notice}}</ref></blockquote>