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Later, Theseus made a compact with his ally Pirithous, the king of the Lapithae that they would both marry a daughter of [[Zeus]]. Theseus decided to marry Helen who was then only twelve years old and carried her away from Sparta. Pirithous decided to marry [[Persephone]] and went to [[Hades]] with Theseus. Hades tricked them to sit in the Chair of Forgetfulness and they were both bound to it forever but Heracles managed to free Theseus when he visited Hades. While Theseus was away, Castor and Polydeuces, the brothers of Helen had conquered Athens with the Spartans and the Arcadians and installed Menestheus as the new king. Theseus went to exile in Scyros and asked its king Lycomedes to help him regain his kingship. However, Lycomedes led him near some cliffs under pretence of showing him his lands but instead threw him down from the cliffs and killed him.
Later, Theseus made a compact with his ally Pirithous, the king of the Lapithae that they would both marry a daughter of [[Zeus]]. Theseus decided to marry Helen who was then only twelve years old and carried her away from Sparta. Pirithous decided to marry [[Persephone]] and went to [[Hades]] with Theseus. Hades tricked them to sit in the Chair of Forgetfulness and they were both bound to it forever but Heracles managed to free Theseus when he visited Hades. While Theseus was away, Castor and Polydeuces, the brothers of Helen had conquered Athens with the Spartans and the Arcadians and installed Menestheus as the new king. Theseus went to exile in Scyros and asked its king Lycomedes to help him regain his kingship. However, Lycomedes led him near some cliffs under pretence of showing him his lands but instead threw him down from the cliffs and killed him.
According to 'Oedipus in Colonos' , Theseus also stood by the blind Oedipus during his final moments, and aided him to the land of the dead.
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