Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Pittheus.
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Theseus (Plutarch)
Plutarch
Plutarch's Life of Theseus opens at Troezen: Pittheus the wise king, father of Aethra, who understands Aegeus' oracle and steers the night that begets Athens' hero.
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Theseus
Pittheus is grandfather and early tutor of Theseus — the Troezenian sage who raises the boy until he can lift Aegeus' tokens from under the rock.
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Troezen
Pittheus' city on the Argolid coast — the sanctuary-kingdom where Theseus is born and schooled before the road to Athens.
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Pittheus
Son of Pelops, king of Troezen, father of Aethra — famed for wisdom and for hosting Aegeus on the night that fathers Theseus.