Theseanadj.
/θiːˈsiːən/ Of or belonging to Theseus, a legendary hero-king of Athens.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > king > [adjective] > relating to specific kings
mausolean1557
Tarquinian1600
Pontic1611
Thesean1815
Caroline1839
Ricardian1869
Carolean1911
1815 B. R. Haydon Jrnl. 6 Nov. in T. Taylor Life Haydon (1853) I. xv. 294 Lord Elgin's steward..thus entirely ruined the moulds of the Theseian bas-reliefs, which had cost Lord Elgin so much.
1902 Speaker 26 June 370/1 These..should go far to explain the old Thesean legends.
Derivatives
Theseid n. /θiːˈsiːɪd/ [ < Latin Thēsēïs, -idem, Greek Θησηΐς, -ίδα] the title of a poem on the exploits of Theseus; transferred a poem of the same character as the ‘Theseid of hoarse Codrus’ referred to by Juvenal.
/θiːˈsiːɪd/ [ < Latin Thēsēïs, -idem, Greek Θησηΐς, -ίδα] the title of a poem on the exploits of Theseus; transferred a poem of the same character as the ‘Theseid of hoarse Codrus’ referred to by Juvenal.ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [noun] > epic poem > like specific epic poem
Iliad1620
Theseid1725
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [noun] > epic poem > specific epic poems
AeneidOE
OdysseyOE
Iliad1579
Ramayana1714
Theseid1725
Thebaïd1728
Cid1755
Mahabharata1768
Nibelungenlied1810
1725 A. Pope tr. R. Le Bossu Gen. View Epic Poem in tr. Homer Odyssey I. p. ix Poets..who compos'd their Theseids, Heracleids, and the like.
a1822 P. B. Shelley Def. Poetry in Ess. & Lett. (1840) I. 55 I confess myself..unwilling to be stunned by the Theseids of the hoarse Codri of the day.
1873 Hayman Odyss. xi. 260 (note) II. 205 An Amazon of the Theseid legend.
Theseium n. /θiːˈsiː(ɪ)əm/ (also Theseum /θiːˈsiːəm/, Theseion /θiːˈsaɪɒn/) [ < Latin Thēsēium, Greek Θησεῖον] the temple of Theseus at Athens, or the Doric building to which the name has been applied (now generally held to be the temple of Hephaestus).
/θiːˈsiː(ɪ)əm/ (also Theseum /θiːˈsiːəm/, Theseion /θiːˈsaɪɒn/) [ < Latin Thēsēium, Greek Θησεῖον] the temple of Theseus at Athens, or the Doric building to which the name has been applied (now generally held to be the temple of Hephaestus).ΘΚΠ
society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > temple > [noun] > of Theseus
Theseium1819
1819 E. Dodwell Tour Greece I. xii. 362 The Theseion impresses the beholder more by its symmetry than its magnitude.
1837 Antiq. Athens 68 Unlike the lavish decoration of the temple of Minerva, the Theseium was ornamented with a sparing hand.
1854 tr. H. Hettner Athens & Peloponnese 152 The monument of Aristion in the Theseum at Athens.
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adj.1725