A Midsummer Night's Dream

Who was Egeus and what he demended from duke?

Egeus was the father of Hermia .He demended justice from the duke of Athens Theseus and desired that this cruel law to put in force against his daughter

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Egeus is the father of Hermia. Egeus, a nobleman, enters the stage accompanied by his daughter Hermia, the man she loves named Lysander, and the man Egeus wants her to marry named Demetrius. He begs Theseus for the ancient Athenian right to either make his daughter marry Demetrius or have the power to kill her.

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