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Theseus The great Athenian Hero

Mythology: Gods, Monsters, and Heroes Theseus, Minotaur, Centaur, Adriane By- Aishwarya Sharma & Saaleha Savani Ms. Edison/Period 4/ English 1- Pre AP. Theseus The great Athenian Hero. Lineage: Son of the Athenian King Aegeus . Cousin of Hercules Lover/User of Adriane

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Theseus The great Athenian Hero

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  1. Mythology: Gods, Monsters, and HeroesTheseus, Minotaur, Centaur, AdrianeBy- Aishwarya Sharma & Saaleha Savani Ms. Edison/Period 4/ English 1- Pre AP

  2. TheseusThe great Athenian Hero • Lineage: • Son of the Athenian King Aegeus. • Cousin of Hercules • Lover/User of Adriane • Symbol: He uses his power and strength to destroy evil. • Powers: Being a hero he has no special powers • Weaknesses : Forgetful. He forgot to change the colors on his sail after his victory over Minos. • Identification or description : He is identified with adventures, he had many over the years both successful and unsuccessful ones. • Important Events: He is credited as the founder of Athens democracy having willingly turned over the administration the people and being a good statesman and taking care of the country • Allusions to this character: Many allusions in prose and poetry • Euripides the stories of the appeal of Adrastus • The madness of Hercules and the fate of Hippolytus • Sophocles his kindness to Oedipus • Plutarch the story of his death

  3. TheseusThe great Athenian Hero

  4. MinotaurA monster, half bull, half human • Lineage: • Offspring of Pasiphae Queen of Crete and a wonderfully beautiful Bull. • Half-Brother of princess Ariadne • Symbol : A white bull’s head mounted on a human body • Powers : Possesses a great amount of superhuman strength. It has hard sharp horns on its head. • Weaknesses: Can never find his way out of the Labyrinth • Identification or description :A white bull’s head mounted on a human body • Important Events: It can stated to be two things: • Its incarnation as a horror/fear • Waiting in the Labyrinth to be slain by Theseus • Allusions to this character: Only in Greek Mythology

  5. MinotaurA monster, half bull, half human

  6. CentaursCreatures with body of a horse with chest and face of a man • Lineage: Many variations found: • Descendants of Centaurs, son of Apollo and Stilbe • Son of Ixion, the king of Thessaly and the cloud Nephele, created by Zeus. • Symbol : Body of horse and chest and face of a man • Powers: Very Powerful bodies. • Weaknesses: Alcohol consumption • Identification or description: Body of horse and chest and face of a man • Important Events : The wedding of Theseus’s friend • Allusions to this character: In Greek mythology

  7. CentaursCreatures with body of a horse with chest and face of a man a

  8. AriadnePrincess of Crete • Lineage: • Father: Minos • Mother: Pasiphae • Sister Phaedra • Lover of Theseus • Loved by Dionysus • Symbol: A crown placed among the stars. • Powers: Obtaining the key to escape the labyrinth from Daedalus after slaying the Minotaur and thus helping Theseus. • Weaknesses: Betrayal to father in face of love • Identification or description: Princes of Crete. • Important Events : Helped Theseus find his way out of the labyrinth after killing the Minotaur by providing him with the thread. • Allusions to this character: In Greek mythology

  9. AriadnePrincess of Crete

  10. Bibliography • Centaurs. N.d. Photograph. Touristorama.comWeb. 8 Dec 2013. <http://www.touristorama.com/en/centaurs-02226>. • "Classical Mythology."http://www.timelessmyths.com/classical/centaurs.html. Timeless Myths, Classical Mythology, n.d. Web. 9 Dec 2013. <http://www.timelessmyths.com/classical/centaurs.html>. • Hamilton, Edith. Mythology, Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2011. Print. • Hunted MAzes. 2008. Photograph. Cabinet MagazineWeb. 8 Dec 2013. <http://cabinetmagazine.org/issues/28/milutis.php>.p://ferdinandthebull369.edublogs.org/>. • Minotaur, half man - half bull. N.d. Photograph. Greek Myths & Greek MythologyWeb. 8 Dec 2013. <http://www.greekmyths-greekmythology.com/myth-of-theseus-and-minotaur/>. • "Minotaur."http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/minotaur.htm. Marvel Characters, 21 12 2005. Web. 9 Dec 2013. <http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/minotaur.htm>. • "The Minotaur in Classical Myth."http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/m_r/rukeyser/minotaur.htm. Routledge, n.d. Web. 9 Dec 2013. • Myths 2011. N.d. Photograph. n.p. Web. 8 Dec 2013. <htt • Thesseet Ariadne. N.d. Photograph. fine art americaWeb. 8 Dec 2013. <http://fineartamerica.com/featured/theseus--ariadne-granger.html>.

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