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Aegeus recognized his son and saves him from medea's poison. Theseus was named the true heir to his throne. Which best describes how this event develops the plot

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was the mythical king and founder-hero of Athens. Like Perseus, Cadmus, or Heracles, Theseus battled and overcame foes that were identified with an archaic religious and social order: “This was a major cultural transition, like the making of the new Olympia by Hercules” (Ruck & Staples, p. 204)

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