19- Theseus

Only one man can save Athens from the Minotaur. And he's a surprisingly terrible human being. Join us for a tale of how not to treat women, bad decisions and a euphemistic prophecy about a wineskin which sees Aegeus dying of grief- all because he had a kid before he got back to Athens. Talk about not obeying oracles... Sources for this episode: Clough, A. H. (date unknown), Plutarch’s Lives (Volume I). Everyman’s Library. Oldfather, C. H. (1993), Diodorus of Sicily: the Library of History. Books IV.59- VIII. London and Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. Osborne, M., Smithsonian Magazine (2023), The World’s Oldest Living Land Animal, a Tortoise named Johnathan, Turns 191 (online) (Accessed 04/03/2024). Robertson, J. (1788), The Parian Chronicle, or the Chronicle of the Arundelian Marbles; with a Dissertation Concerning its Authenticity. London: J. Walter, Charing Cross. Author unknown, Guinness World Records (2023), Oldest land animal (living) (online) (Accessed 04/03/2024). Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Aegeus (online) (Accessed 05/03/2024).