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Theseus is the duke of Athens in a midsummer nights dream

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Who is Theseus mom and dad?

Theseus and Hippolyta are not at all related in any way in Greek mythology. You might be thinking about Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. In this play, Hippolyta, an Amazon, is engaged to Theseus, the Due of Athens.


What does Theseus rule over in midsummer nights dream?

Theseus rules over Athens in William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." He is the Duke of Athens and embodies authority and order in the play.


What are Theseus and Hippolyta about to do before they discover the sleeping lovers?

Theseus and Hippolyta are about to go hunting when they discover the sleeping lovers in the woods in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream."


What character did william shakespeare play in A Midsummer Night's Dream?

We can only guess, since we have no cast lists for any early productions of Shakespeare. We have a record of a contemporary that Shakespeare preferred to take "kingly roles" which suggests that he might have been cast as Theseus.


What is theseus's first explanation of why the young people are asleep in the woods?

"Perhaps they rose up early to observe the rites of May."


What is the relationship between hippolyta and theseus?

She never was Hippolyta or Antiope depending on which Greek myth you read was a queen of the Amazons and in Greek myth was either abducted or wooed in to becoming Theseus wife or concubine.


What are the four worlds in Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream?

There is the world of the court, of Theseus and Hippolyta. There is the world of the lovers. There is the world of the fairies. Finally, there is the world of the rude mechanicals.


In The Story of Theseus where did Theseus get his sword?

Theseus got the sword from the rock that he pulled it from.From Ariadne


Who was theseis to theseus?

Theseis is the story of Theseus


How is Theseus is an hero?

Theseus killed the minotaur


Who married theseus?

Two women married Theseus. These were Hippolyta and Phaedra. Theseus did not have both as wives simultaneously.


How is bellerophon and pegasus related to theseus?

They are Theseus' brothers.