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Thesean, a.|θiːˈsiːən|
Also † Theseian.
[f. L. Thēsē-us adj. + -an.]
Of or belonging to Theseus, a legendary hero-king of Athens. So Theseid |θiːˈsiːɪd| [ad. L. Thēsēïs, -idem, Gr. θησηΐς, -ίδα], the title of a poem on the exploits of Theseus; transf. a poem of the same character as the ‘Theseid of hoarse Codrus’ referred to by Juvenal. Theseium |θiːˈsiː(ɪ)əm|, Theseum |θiːˈsiːəm|, Theseion |θiːˈsaɪɒn| [a. L. Thēsēium, Gr. θησεῖον], the temple of Theseus at Athens, or the Doric building to which the name is now applied (generally held to be the temple of Hephæstus).
1815B. 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. 1902Speaker 26 June 370/1 These..should go far to explain the old Thesean legends.
1725Pope's Odyss. I. View Epic Poem, etc. iv. 10 Poets..who composed their *Theseids, Heracleids, and the like. a1822Shelley Def. Poetry Ess. & Lett. (Camelot) 39, I confess myself..unwilling to be stunned by the Theseids of the hoarse Codri of the day. 1873Hayman Odyss. xi. 260 note II. 205 An Amazon of the Theseid legend.
1819E. Dodwell Tour Greece I. xii. 362 The *Theseion impresses the beholder more by its symmetry than its magnitude.
1837Antiq. Athens 68 Unlike the lavish decoration of the temple of Minerva, the *Theseium was ornamented with a sparing hand.
1854tr. Hettner's Athens & Peloponnese 152 The monument of Aristion in the *Theseum at Athens. |