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What is Ship of Theseus, and who is its mysterious author V.M. Straka? Conceived by filmmaker J.J. Abrams and written by acclaimed novelist Doug Dorst, Ship of Theseus is the central novel within the experience that is S., a multi-faceted narrative of love and mystery. Ship of Theseus is at its core and is the final book written by a man shrouded in deception and violence. It tells the mystical adventure of an equally mysterious figure, who is struggling to discover his own identity.

Slaying the minotaur was only the beginning. Theseus's legendary exploits continue in this magnificent tale of mythological adventure in classical Greece. Picking up where The King Must Die left off, this stirring sequel recounts Theseus's triumphant return from Crete to become King of Athens.

Die Sagen des klassischen Altertums: Die berühmte Sammlung griechischer Sagen von Gustav Schwab, die dem Hörer die Antike auf spannende Art näher bringen! 1. Band, 5. Buch, Teil 2: Theseus. Inhalt: Die Theseus-Sage: Des Helden Geburt und Jugend; Seine Wanderung zum Vater; Theseus in Athen; Theseus bei Minos; Theseus als König; Der Amazonenkrieg; Theseus und Peirithoos. Lapithen- und Zentaurenkampf; Theseus und Phädra; Theseus auf Frauenraub; Theseus' Ende.

When Ariadne helped Theseus escape the Minotaur’s labyrinth with the aid of a ball of thread, she led the way for the bewildered victims of a twenty-first century Minotaur. Trapped in an endless maze of Internet chat rooms, a group of mystified strangers find themselves assigned obscure aliases and commanded by the Helmet of Horror, the Minotaur himself.

This should be the story of Hercules: his twelve labours, his endless adventures…everyone’s favourite hero, right? Well, it’s not. This is the story of everyone else. Herc gives voice to the silenced characters, in this feminist, queer (and sometimes shocking) retelling of classic Hercules myth.

The Knight's Tale of medieval wars and chivalry is the first tale told to the pilgrims as they set out to Canterbury. It concerns Theseus, returning from fighting at Thebes, and two brother knights Palamon and Arcite, imprisoned but yearning for their loves. But the real hero of this recording is Richard Bebb who, with the help of Professor Derek Brewer, the leading expert on Chaucerian pronunciation, make the original Middle English not only comprehensible to the modern ear, but exciting.

Jilted bride Tilly Rogers hopes her luck is changing when she's offered a prestigious catering contract for billionaire businessman Xavier Moretti's New Year's Eve party. But then she ends up snowbound alone with her boss - and at his bidding! And shocking news has rocked the Mediterranean Principality of Agon. Prince Theseus - second in line to the throne - is rumored to have fathered a secret love child.

Regina, trained to find the dregs of humanity, trained to kill, is forced into vacation because her peers are getting murdered. At first, the massive cruise vessel she chooses as her resort destination seems...tolerable, and then, in the span of a few hours, everyone disappears, thousands of passengers vanish. As Regina explores the ship, not only does she discover pile after pile of clothing and no bodies, she finds a fear not felt for years.

Theseus, der König von Athen, heiratet Ariadne, die Tochter des Königs von Minos. Am Hochzeitstag erfährt Theseus, dass Hyllos, der Sohn seines Cousins Herakles, in Schwierigkeiten steckt - und das Hochzeitsfest verläuft darauf anders als geplant... Außerdem, ebenfalls von Carl Spitteler: "Cyrus' Ende".

Greek mythology's famed musician and poet Orpheus journeyed to the underworld in order to find his wife. Greek mythology describes Theseus as a hero who entered the underworld in order to save his comrade Pirithous.