It is hard to know for sure what kind of a king Theseus was. Later, the Athenians, who wrote most of the history that has come down to us, so revered their Founder King that, if we are to believe them, he was the inventor, not only as we have discovered of wrestling and bull-leaping, but of democracy, justice, and all good government too, as well as being a paragon of intelligence, wit, insight, and wisdom—qualities that the Athenians (much to the contempt of their neighbors) believed uniquely exemplified their character and culture.
