Christopher Fitton
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16,593 appearances
56 recordings
2 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 5d ago
Christopher Fitton’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And lo, when he had lifted it quite out of the ground, he found underneath it a sort of bronze and sandals of gold, and these he gave to his mother.
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Tell me now about my father, he said.
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Aethera knew that the time had come for which she had waited so long, and she buckled the sword to his belt and fastened the sandals upon his feet.
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Then she told him who his father was and why he had left them in treason.
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and how he had said that when the lad was strong enough to lift the great stone, he must take the sword and sandals and go and seek him in Athens.
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Theseus was glad when he heard this, and his proud eyes flashed with eagerness as he said,
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I am ready, mother.
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I will set out for Athens this very day.
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Then they walked down the mountain together and told King Pityus what had happened and showed him the sword and the sandals.
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But the old man shook his head sadly and tried to dissuade Theseus from going.
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How can you go to Athens in these lawless times?
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He said.
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The sea is full of pirates.
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In fact, no ship from treason has sailed across the Sironic Sea since your kingly father went home to the help of his people 18 years ago.
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Then finding
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that this only made Theseus the more determined, he said, but if you must go, I will have a new ship built for you, stanch and stout and fast-sailing, and fifty of the bravest young men in treason shall go with you, and mayhap
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With fair winds and fearless hearts, you shall escape the pirates and reach Athens in safety.
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Which is the most perilous way, asked Theseus, to go by ship or to make the journey on foot round the great bend of land?
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The seaway is full of enough perils, said his grandfather, but the landway
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is beset with dangers tenfold greater.
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