Theseus, mythical king and founder-hero of Athens
Theseus, mythical king and founder-hero of Athens. Son of Aegeus, King of Athens (or of the god Poseidon) and mother Aethra.. He is wearing a bull's head and horns as a hood. Copperplate engraving by Pieter Bodart (1676-1712) from Henricus Spoor's Deorum et Heroum, Virorum et Mulierum Illustrium Imagines Antiquae Illustatae, Gods and Heroes, Men and Women, Illustrated with Antique Images, Petrum, Amsterdam, 1715. First published as FavissE utriusque antiquitatis tam RomanE quam GrEcE in 1707. Henricus Spoor was a Dutch physician, classical scholar, poet and writer, fl. 1694-1716
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