The Theseia (Ancient Greek: Θησεῖα, Thēseĩa) was an ancient Greek festival held in Athens in the honor of Thēseús. This festival was first implemented in the 470s B.C.E after an Athenian general known as Kimon son of Miltiades attacked the island of Skyros in search of the bones of Thēseús after receiving instructions from an oracle of Delphi to go there. Once he defeated the local Dolopians he scoured the island and found a tomb of a gigantic man that he would proclaim to be the remains of Thēseús and would bring them back to Athens for proper burial. The contests held during Theseia were usually a torch race, athletic events that make a gumnikos agon, and competitions in horsemanship and military displays. The athletic events were conducted by hoplites in their armor and would compete in