Talk:Aegeus

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The early third-century AD Life of Apollonius of Tyana conflates Aegeus with Poseidon in the phrase, put into the mouth of the philosopher Apollonius, "... that Aegaeon, the author of earthquakes, may never shake down their cities." (v.5). --Wetman 08:24, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Aegaeon was another name for the Hekatonkhire Briareus, who was so enormous, when he walked earthquakes happened.

"wine glass"

"...and knocked the wine glass out of Theseus' hand." It's best to stick close to the written accounts rather than improvise in the manner of afternoon television confrontations. Can anyone tell me why this vivid detail is silly?--Wetman 00:16, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Fragmented narrative

Clearly something is missing between this:

"Father and son were thus reunited, and Medea was sent away to Asia."

and this:

"Aegeus had told Theseus, before he left, to put up the white sails when he left Crete..."

There's no mention, prior to this, of Theseus leaving for anywhere, or going on a mission to Crete. The sentence even becomes ambiguous as to who is meant by the "he" in "he left." zadignose (talk) 08:33, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Son of Poseidon?

In Hyginus Fabulae Section 242 (English) (Latin), Hyginus states "Aegeus, son of Neptune, threw himself into the sea, and the Aegean Sea is called from this." or "Aegeus Neptuni filius in mare se praecipitauit, unde Aegeu pelagus est dictum.", when all the other times Aegeus' father is mentioned he's son of Pandion.

The only other Aegeus I'm aware of is the Spartan hero, but I don't believe this could be mistaken as them or any other potential Aegeus considering the story matches.

The only explanations I can think for this being a mistake are:

1) A translation error on the part of Hyginus as Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) and Pandion (Πανδίων) are pretty similar.

2) Poseidon's epithet of Aegeus (of the high seas) was mistaken for the character Aegeus. Though this one I'm skeptical of myself as the original Greek for the epithet is Αἰγαίος, while the character's is Αἰγεύς. It is however similar enough be a believable mistake.

Is there any reason this potential lineage is dismissed, like a common consensus that it was indeed a mistake, or could this possibly be a mention of alternate lineages with Poseidon as the father of Aegeus? SteeleBar (talk) 23:19, 29 August 2025 (UTC)