If all the planks that make up the ship of Theseus were replaced, would it still be the same ship?
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Theseus
//ˈθiːsjuːs//
Synonyms for "theseus"
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39 translations across 37 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Θησεύς name (hero)
Arabic
1 entries- ثيسيوس name (hero)
Armenian
1 entries- Թեսևս name (hero)
Breton
1 entries- Theseüs name (hero)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Тезей name (hero)
Catalan
1 entries- Teseu name (hero)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 忒修斯 name (hero)
Czech
1 entries- Théseus name (hero)
Danish
1 entries- Theseus name (hero)
Dutch
1 entries- Theseus name (hero)
Esperanto
1 entries- Tezeo name (hero)
Estonian
1 entries- Theseus name (hero)
Finnish
1 entries- Theseus name (hero)
French
1 entries- Thésée name (hero)
Galician
1 entries- Teseo name (hero)
German
1 entries- Theseus name (hero)
Greek
1 entries- Θησέας name (hero)
Hebrew
1 entries- תזאוס name (hero)
Hungarian
1 entries- Thészeusz name (hero)
Icelandic
1 entries- Þeseifur name (hero)
Italian
1 entries- Teseo name (hero)
Japanese
2 entries- テセウス name (hero)
- テーセウス name (hero)
Latin
1 entries- Thēseus name (hero)
Lithuanian
1 entries- Tesėjas name (hero)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Theseus name (hero)
Norwegian
1 entries- Thesevs name (hero)
Polish
1 entries- Tezeusz name (hero)
Portuguese
1 entries- Teseu name (hero)
Romanian
1 entries- Tezeu name (hero)
Russian
1 entries- Тезе́й name (hero)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- Tezej name (hero)
- Тезеј name (hero)
Slovene
1 entries- Tezej name (hero)
Spanish
1 entries- Teseo name (hero)
Swedish
1 entries- Theseus name (hero)
Turkish
1 entries- Theseus name (hero)
Ukrainian
1 entries- Тесей name (hero)
Urdu
1 entries- تھیسیس name (hero)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The Minotaur was a monster shaped half like a man and half like a bull, confined in the labyrinth built by Daedalus for Minos, and given a periodic tribute of youths and maidens as food until killed by Theseus.
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All the original text on the English Wikipedia's "Ship of Theseus" article has been replaced.
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