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King Theseus, Hero of Athens is the third major boss in the 2019 indie rogue-lite Hades. He is the king and champion of Elysium alongside his hetero death partner Asterius the minotaur. He was hired by Hades to stop Zagreus from escaping the underworld. Particularly if Zagreus manages to make it all the way to the Elysium Coliseum.

Theseus is a muscular man who overdid the tan, his blond hair styled back (which in the past was long, similar to Achilles'), and he always maintains a confident expression on his face. His height is similar to Zagreus'. His outfit is nearly identical to that of Asterius, except with his left shoulder covered instead of his right. He typically wears a single one shoulder baby blue toga with a golden belt and shin guards. He also wears royal blue gloves a sky blue laurels in his hair. When he was younger he dons a blue cape with yellow details and a cloak pin with the Zodiac symbol of Taurus, more likely a reference to his connection with bulls throughout many of the stories related to him rather than that being his actual Zodiac sign. His hair is longer and his skin isn't as tanned as it is in-game. His right arm is cover in some red fabric hold together with line by the elbow.

In battle Theseus wields a shield that allows him to automatically block any and all attacks from the front and his "Blessed Spear" which has the same properties of Zagreus' Eternal Spear Varatha, being able to extend and return when thrown. When reduced to half health he will even use his own version of a Call having one of the Olympians Aid him in combat.

On Extreme Measures mode, Theseus instead of directly fighting Zagreus will instead ride around in a bronze chariot known as the Macedonian Tau-Lambda, supposedly the strongest chariot to have ever been made. His normal weaponry will be placed with two miniguns which he will mount onto his chariot and a grenade launcher. He will drive around the arena, dropping cluster bombs or trying to run Zagreus over will shooting him with his new machine guns.