The daughter of the thief and murderer Sinis, Perigouna (Perigenia) was abducted, sexually assaulted and then abandoned by Theseus while the young man was journeying to the city of Athens to claim his paternal heritage.
The Fairy King Oberon raised the Duke's vile treatment of the young woman in an argument with his wife, Titania, partially blaming the queen for Theseus' actions. He alleged that Titania had seduced Theseus and he was not completely in control of his own actions. However, Titania refuted this claim, dismissing it as defamation of her character and falsehood created so that Oberon could plead himself the guilty party in the breakdown of their marriage since he had been known to have several extra marital affairs.
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