1210s Bc

EVENTS AND TRENDS

1213 BC - Theseus , legendary King Of Athens , is deposed and succeeded by Menestheus , great-grandson of Erechtheus and second cousin of Theseus ' father Aegeus . Menestheus is reportedly assisted by Castor And Polydeuces of Sparta , who want to reclaim their sister Helen from her first husband Theseus . The latter seeks refuge in Skyros , whose King Lycomedes is an old friend and ally. Lycomedes , however, considers his visitor a threat to the throne and proceeds to Assassinate him (though other accounts place these events a decade later, in the 1200s BC ).

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