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Mythology

Mythology. Stories of Love and Adventure Chapter 8. Bellerophon and Pegasus. N.L T.M. Characters. N.L T.M. Bellerophon- He was the son of King Glaucus and was a young man who wanted to tame the great Pegasus.

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Mythology

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  1. Mythology Stories of Love and Adventure Chapter 8

  2. Bellerophonand Pegasus N.L T.M.

  3. Characters N.L T.M Bellerophon- He was the son of King Glaucus and was a young man who wanted to tame the great Pegasus. Pegasus- A winged horse, who could soar above the clouds, and was one of the great creatures of Mythology. Proteus- King of Argos who wanted to kill Bellerophon for wronging his wife.

  4. Main Points N.L T.M Bellerophon wants to tame Pegasus. Bellerophon killed the Chimaera by flying over it with Pegasus and shot it with an arrow. Bellerophon was being greedy with Pegasus’s powers Bellerophon pushes limits of humans and tries to become god-like. He attempts to become a god but Pegasus is wiser throws Bellerophon off to his death.

  5. Significance of Myth The significance of this myth is to entertain and to show a moral. This moral is that you should never abuse your powers and be grateful for what you have.

  6. Otus andEphialtes

  7. Characters Otus- One of the twin giants who is the son of Poseidon and Iphimedia. Ephialtes- Another of the twin giants also son of Poseidon and Iphimedia. S.F D.G.

  8. Main Points Otus and Ephialtes wanted to overthrow the gods. Made many other threats to the gods such as to pile Mt. Pelion on top of Mt. Ossa and climb to the heavens to overthrow the gods. Zeus was about to throw a thunderbolt at them until Poseidon promised to keep Otus and Ephialtes in order. Poseidon stopped the two from warring against the heavens, so they turned to other plans. Otus wanted to carry off Hera and Ephialtes was in love with Artemis until they found a more beautiful lady When they tried to kill Artemis with spears for the other lady, she disappeared and the spears each other. S.F D.G.

  9. Significance of the Myth The point of this myth was to entertain Greeks. This kind of story was told purely for entertainment not to explain any sort of natural occurrence. S.F D.G.

  10. Daedalus

  11. Characters Daedalus- A skilled architecture who built the Labyrinth. He has a son named Icarus. King Minos- The King of Crete. N.O.

  12. Main Points N.O. Daedalus built the Labyrinth in Crete for the Minotaur. King Minos found out that the two Athenians escaped and accused him that Daedalus showed them the way out. King Minos imprisoned Daedalus and his son, Icarus. Daedalus built two pairs of wings for him and his son to escape. Him and his son started flying but his son fell into the sea and died. Daedalus kept flying to Sicily. King Minos went looking for him. He devised a plan to find where he was and he did find him but the Sicilian king didn’t let Daedalus to go.

  13. Significance of the Myth N.O. This story was for entertainment although there is something to learn, “what elders say, youth disregards”. This means children don’t listen to what older people tell them.

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