In English
The young hero entered Athens and everybody in the streets
admired
his beauty and his strong body. He went straight to the palace but he did not tell
his old father who he was. He said that he was a stranger in Athens and he asked
for protection.
Aegeas, all these years, had also married another woman. Her name
was Medea (Μήδεια). Medea realized that the young man was Aegeas' son. She
told the elderly king that this stranger was a spy, and she convinced him to let
her poison him. Aegeas believed her. They invited our hero to a dinner in the palace.
There, Medea would put poison in Theseus' wine.
Everything was set for the dinner. Theseus walked into the magnificent room
and before he sat, he took off his sword. The eyes of Aegeas shined, as he
recognized his sword, which many years ago he had placed under the big rock. He got up, walked towards
Theseus and looked at his feet...
It was his sandals! The stranger was his son!
With tears in his eyes he hugged his son, that he had not seen since he was a baby.
Aegeas announced to the people of Athens that his beloved son was there. Then he
chased away Medea and her son from the city. Everybody was happy but the happiness would
not last for long...
In Greek
Ο νέος ήρωας μπήκε στην Αθήνα και όλοι στους δρόμους
θαύμασαν την ομορφιά
του και το δυνατό κορμί του. Πήγε κατ'ευθείαν στο παλάτι αλλά δεν είπε στον πατέρα του
ποιος ήταν. Του είπε πως ήταν ξένος στην Αθήνα και ζήτησε προστασία.
Ο Αιγέας, όλα αυτά τα χρόνια είχε παντρευτεί και άλλη γυναίκα. Την έλεγαν
Μήδεια. Η Μήδεια κατάλαβε ότι ο νέος ήταν ο γιος του Αιγέα. Είπε στον γέροντα βασιλιά
ότι ο ξένος ήταν κατάσκοπος, και τον έπεισε να την αφήσει να τον δηλητηριάσει.
Ο Αιγέας την πίστεψε. Προσκάλεσαν τον ήρωά μας για δείπνο στο παλάτι. Εκεί, η Μήδεια
θα έριχνε δηλητήριο στο κρασί του Θησέα.
Όλα ήταν έτοιμα για το δείπνο. Ο Θησέας μπήκε στην μεγαλόπρεπη αίθουσα
και πριν καθήσει, έβγαλε το σπαθί του. Τα μάτια του Αιγέα έλαμψαν, σαν αναγνώρισε το
σπαθί του, που πριν πολλά χρόνια το είχε
τοποθετήσει κάτω απο τον μεγάλο βράχο.
Σηκώθηκε, περπάτησε προς τον Θησέα και κοίταξε τα πόδια του...
Ήταν τα σανδάλια του! Ο ξένος ήταν ο γιός του!
Με δάκρυα στα μάτια αγκάλιασε τον γιο του, που δεν τον είχε δει από τότε που ήταν μωρό.
Ο Αιγέας ανάγγειλλε στον λαό της Αθήνας πως ο αγαπημένος του γιος ήταν εκεί.
Μετά έδιωξε την Μήδεια και τον γιο της από την πόλη. Όλοι ήταν ευτυχισμένοι αλλά η
ευτυχία δεν θα κρατούσε για πολύ...
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In phonetics where you see:
Capital letters is where the word is accented.
ee or i is pronounced as the ee in word beet.
e as the e in the word bet.
a as the a in the word father.
o as the o in the word only.
ou as the ou in the word Lou.
x as the x in the word fox.
th or th like the th in think.
th or th like the th in this.
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Where you see a (red) " g " in the phonetics for that
word, that " g " is
pronounced like the y in yes, or
like the w in wad
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- εγώ θαυμάζω (thav-MA-zo) = I admire
- κατ' ευθείαν (katef-THI-an) = straight
- η προστασία (prosta-SI-a) = protection
- ο κατάσκοπος (ka-TA-skopos) = the spy
- εγώ πείθω (PI-tho)= I convince
- εγώ προσκαλώ (proska-LO) = I invite
- μεγαλόπρεπος, -η, -ο (mega-LO-prepos)= magnificent
- εγώ βγάζω (VGA-zo) = take off
- εγώ λάμπω (LA-bo) = I shine
- οι άνθρωποι, ο λαός (la-OS, AN-thropoi) =
people
- εγώ αναγγέλλω (ana-GE-lo) = I announce
- εγώ διώχνω (THIO-hno) = I chase away
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