Anaxo (Troizen)

Anaxo ( Greek  Ἀναξώ ) is a figure in Greek mythology .

She is a woman from Troizen who was kidnapped and raped by Theseus . Plutarch reports on this in his biography of Theseus. In the subsequent comparison of the lives of Theseus and Romulus , Plutarch sharply condemns this behavior. Although Romulus had also kidnapped numerous women, not like Theseus for baser motives, but to secure peace in the region. Theseus' behavior is not to be excused.

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• Plutarch : Theseus 29; Comparison between Theseus and Romulus 6.

literature

• Georg Oertel : Anaxo 2) . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 336 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Anaxo in the Greek Myth Index (English)