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Jiang identifies Theseus as the mythic killer of the Minotaur and treats the allusion as narrative machinery rather than a major interpretive hinge.
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"...monitor. And of course the person who kills the monitor is Theseus, who becomes the first King of Athens. Okay. Um, that, that's just..."
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"...into stone. They all cried, looking down. We should have punished Theseus' assault. Turn round and keep your eyes shut fast, for should the..."
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"Okay, so Hippolytus was the son of Theseus who was exiled unjustly. So the idea is that, yes, Dante, unfortunately when you go home,..."
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"They're Hercules. They're Achilles. They're Theseus. They're all heroes from different mythologies. Where do they come from? They come from the mating of angels...."
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