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Theseus The ancient Greek myths exposed many aspects of their male society. The focus of today are the different ideas of what was accepted and approved of back then. In order to show you this, examples will be taken from the story Theseus. The expectations of male youth were to be strong and brave. At the early age of fifteen, Theseus proves his strength by lifting a huge boulder and finding his father’s sword …

…the bravest king alive. As a result, Theseus and his Peirithous end up trapped in Hades. The lessons behind the story tell much about the values of people of Ancient Greece. The myths are stories resulting with severe consequences, telling men how to be. Theseus is a message to the that they could either be high up in Mount Olympus if they do great things, or in consequence end up eternally suffering in the underworld.