Possible Clues:

• Athenian hero you ultimately enshrined in academic works
• The ones here (American) recall a duke of Athens
• University plugging dissertations in ancient Greek
• Scholarly articles about universal Greek hero
• Founder-hero of Athens
• Greek hero
• Greek hero of legend who killed the Minotaur
• Ancient hero of Florida and Alabama?
• Legendary hero of Athens
• Article medical writer apparently abridged for king