Some have said that Theseus was fifty years old when he abducted Helen, who was not, they say, of marriageable age. ... Theseus then, forced to go into exile, came to Scyros (the island in the Aegean Sea northeast of Euboea), which was under the rule of King Lycomedes 1.
Who banished Theseus?
Theseus, refusing to believe Hippolytus' protestations of innocence, banished him and called down upon him one of the three curses the sea god Poseidon had given to him. Poseidon sent a sea monster that frightened Hippolytus' horses until he could no longer control them.
Does Theseus get stuck in the underworld?
When the buddies get to the Underworld, Hades is not in any way amused. He curses the Theseus and Pirithous, causing a rock that they sit on to grow into their butts, trapping them in the Underworld. ... Heracles rescues Theseus, using his enormous strength to rip the king of Athens from the rock.
