Editing Theseus (section)

===Literature===

* In the sixth century BCE, an unknown poet composed a now lost epic, the ''Theseïs'', recounting the most famous myths associated with Theseus.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Powell |first=Barry B. |title=Classical Myth |date=2021 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-752798-6 |edition=9th |pages=402 |language=English}}</ref>
* [[Sophocles]]' [[tragedy]] ''[[Oedipus at Colonus]]'' features Theseus as a major character.
* [[Euripides]]' tragedy ''[[Hippolytus (play)|Hippolytus]]'' and [[Seneca the Younger|Seneca]]'s ''[[Phaedra (Seneca)|Phaedra]]'' revolve around the death of Theseus' son.
* In [[Geoffrey Chaucer]]'s epic chivalric romance "[[The Knight's Tale]]", one of the ''[[The Canterbury Tales|Canterbury Tales]]'', Theseus is the duke of Athens, husband of Ypolita, and protector of Emelye, Ypolita's sister, for whom the two knights of Thebes, Arcite and Palamon, do battle.
* [[Jakob Ayrer]] wrote the play ''Theseus'' (1618).
* [[Jean Racine|Racine]]'s ''[[Phèdre]]'' (1677) features Theseus as well as Hippolytus and the title character Phaedra.
* Theseus is a prominent character as the Duke of Athens in [[William Shakespeare]]'s plays, ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' and ''[[The Two Noble Kinsmen]]''. [[Hippolyta]] also appears in both plays.
* In the 1898 short novel ''[[The Story of Perseus and the Gorgon's Head]]'' the mythical story of Theseus is described.
* [[F. L. Lucas]]'s epic poem ''Ariadne'' (1932) is an epic reworking of the Labyrinth myth: Aegle, one of the sacrificial maidens who accompany Theseus to Crete, is Theseus's sweetheart, the Minotaur is Minos himself in a bull-mask, and Ariadne, learning on Naxos of Theseus's earlier love for Aegle, decides to leave him for the Ideal [Dionysus].<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.cambridge.org/fr/academic/subjects/literature/english-literature-1830-1900/ariadne |title=Ariadne |first=F. L. |last=Lucas |year=2014 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1107677524 |author-link=F. L. Lucas}}</ref>
* [[André Gide]]'s ''Thésée'' (1946) is a fictional autobiography where the mythical hero of Athens, now elderly, narrates his life story from his carefree youth to his killing of the Minotaur.
* [[Mary Renault]]'s ''[[The King Must Die]]'' (1958) is a dramatic retelling of the Theseus legend from his childhood in Troizen until the return from Crete to Athens. While fictional, it is generally faithful to the spirit and flavor of the best-known variations of the original story. The sequel is ''[[The Bull from the Sea]]'' (1962), about the hero's later career.
* [[Evangeline Walton]]'s historical fiction novel ''[[The Sword Is Forged]]'' (1983) chronicles the story of Theseus and Antiope.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/evangeline-walton/the-sword-is-forged/ |title=''The Sword Is Forged'' |first=Evangeline |last=Walton |work=[[Kirkus Reviews]] |year=1983 |access-date=16 March 2016}}</ref>
*[[Fran Ross]]' 1974 novel ''[[Oreo (novel)|Oreo]]'' draws heavily from the Theseus myth.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Mullen |first=Harryette Mullen |date=1 March 2002 |title="Apple Pie with Oreo Crust": Fran Ross's Recipe for an Idiosyncratic American Novel |url=https://academic.oup.com/melus/article/27/1/107/946664 |journal=MELUS |language=en |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=107–129 |doi=10.2307/3250639 |jstor=3250639 |issn=0163-755X}}</ref>
* [[Stephen Dobyns]] wrote the poem ''Theseus within the Labyrinth'' (1986) which provides a retelling of the myth of Ariadne, Theseus and the Minotaur, in particular the feelings of Ariadne.
* In issue No. 12 of the [[Fright Night (comic series)|'' Fright Night'' comic series]], entitled ''Bull-Whipped'', Theseus and the Minotaur are resurrected by the comic's Aunt Claudia Hinault, who is the reincarnation of [[Ariadne]].
* [[Kir Bulychov]]'s 1993 book ''An Attempt on Theseus' Life'' ({{Langx|ru|Покушение на Тезея|italic=yes}}) is about a plot to assassinate a man during a [[virtual reality]] tour in which he lives through Theseus' life.
* [[Aleksey Ryabinin]]'s book ''Theseus: The story of ancient gods, goddesses, kings, and warriors'' (2018) provides a retelling of the myths of Theseus, Aegeus, Minotaur, Ariadne, Pirithous and other personages of Greek mythology.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ryabinin |first=Aleksey |author-link=Aleksey Ryabinin |year=2018 |title=Theseus. The story of ancient gods, goddesses, kings, and warriors. |location=[[Saint Petersburg]] |publisher=Антология |isbn=978-5-6040037-6-3}}</ref><ref>[https://www.kp.ru/daily/26795.4/3829133/ O. Zdanov. Life and adventures of Theseus]. // «KP», 14 February 2018.</ref>
* [[Troy Denning]]'s 1996 novel ''Pages of Pain'' features an amnesic Theseus fighting to recover his past while interacting with some of the more colorful beings of the [[Planescape]] universe.
* [[Steven Pressfield]]'s novel ''[[Last of the Amazons]]'' (2002) attempts to situate Theseus's meeting and subsequent marriage to Antiope, as well as the ensuing war, in a historically plausible setting.
* [[Jorge Luis Borges]] presents a variation of the myth in a short story, "[[The House of Asterion]]" ({{Langx|es|"La Casa de Asterión"|italic=no}}).
* British comedian [[Tony Robinson]] wrote a version of the Theseus story entitled ''Theseus: Super Hero''.
* In [[Gene Wolfe]]'s ''[[Book of the New Sun]]'', set in a very distant future, the protagonist reads a story which appears to blend the myth of Theseus with the story of [[Battle of Hampton Roads]] – presumably because of a confusion between the Minotaur and the {{USS|Monitor}}. (In this version, the Theseus character is now [[Thesis|a student's son]].)