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The last bandit was [[Procrustes]], who had a bed which he offered to passers-by in the plain of Eleusis. He then ''made'' them fit into it, either by stretching them or by cutting off their feet. Theseus killed him, too.
== Medea and the Marathonian Bull ==
When Theseus arrived at Athens, he did not reveal his true identity immediately. He was welcomed by Aegeus, who was suspicious of the stranger. Aegeus's wife, [[Medea]], tried to arrange to have Theseus killed by asking him to capture the [[Cretan Bull|Marathonian Bull]].
On the way to [[Marathon, Greece|Marathon]], Theseus took shelter from a storm in the hut of an ancient woman named [[Hecale]]. She swore to make a sacrifice to [[Zeus]] if Theseus was successful in capturing the bull. Theseus did capture the bull, but when he returned to Hecale's hut, she was dead. In her honor Theseus gave her name to one of the [[deme]]s of Attica, making its inhabitants in a sense her adopted children.
When Theseus returned victoriously to Athens, Medea tried to poison him, but at the last second Aegeas recognized the sandals, shield, and sword and knocked the poisoned wine cup from Theseus's hand, and father and son were reunited.
== Ariadne and the Minotaur ==
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