Daedalus, the architect
... Acropolis. For this crime, Daedalus was exiled to Crete and placed in the service of King Minos, where he eventually had a son, Icarus, with the beautiful Naucrate, a mistress-slave of the King. Minos called on Daedalus to build the famous Labyrinth in order to imprison the dreaded Minotaur. The Min ...
... Acropolis. For this crime, Daedalus was exiled to Crete and placed in the service of King Minos, where he eventually had a son, Icarus, with the beautiful Naucrate, a mistress-slave of the King. Minos called on Daedalus to build the famous Labyrinth in order to imprison the dreaded Minotaur. The Min ...
Masks - Boardworks
... Athenian prince. When he learned that Athens was required to send 14 girls and boys each year to the island of Crete to feed a fierce half-man, half-bull creature called the Minotaur, he set out to kill the beast. However, the Minotaur lived in the centre of an elaborate labyrinth. Theseus was only ...
... Athenian prince. When he learned that Athens was required to send 14 girls and boys each year to the island of Crete to feed a fierce half-man, half-bull creature called the Minotaur, he set out to kill the beast. However, the Minotaur lived in the centre of an elaborate labyrinth. Theseus was only ...
Theseus and the Minotaur Once upon a time, a long time ago, there
... "The Minotaur is a terrible monster! What makes you think you can kill it?" cried his father. "I'll find a way," Theseus replied gently. "The gods will help me." His father begged him not to go. But the prince took his place as the seventh Athenian boy. Along with six other Athenian boys and seven A ...
... "The Minotaur is a terrible monster! What makes you think you can kill it?" cried his father. "I'll find a way," Theseus replied gently. "The gods will help me." His father begged him not to go. But the prince took his place as the seventh Athenian boy. Along with six other Athenian boys and seven A ...
CHAPTER 10 HEROES AND HEROINES OF MYTH 1. The
... construction of Athenian mythology. 25. Despite political problems, Theseus unifies Athens. 26. Jason is grandson of the wind god Aeolus. Like Theseus, he has to meet a challenge to claim his inheritance. Threatened by his uncle Peleus, who does not wish to recognize Jason as rightful king, he goes ...
... construction of Athenian mythology. 25. Despite political problems, Theseus unifies Athens. 26. Jason is grandson of the wind god Aeolus. Like Theseus, he has to meet a challenge to claim his inheritance. Threatened by his uncle Peleus, who does not wish to recognize Jason as rightful king, he goes ...
Character List
... potion to Lysander instead of Demetrius, thereby causing chaos within the group of young lovers; he also transforms Bottom’s head into that of an ass. Puck (In-Depth Analysis) Oberon - The king of the fairies, Oberon is initially at odds with his wife, Titania, because she refuses to relinquish cont ...
... potion to Lysander instead of Demetrius, thereby causing chaos within the group of young lovers; he also transforms Bottom’s head into that of an ass. Puck (In-Depth Analysis) Oberon - The king of the fairies, Oberon is initially at odds with his wife, Titania, because she refuses to relinquish cont ...
Character Descriptions
... wishes her to wed Demetrius; when Lysander and Hermia run away into the forest, Lysander becomes the victim of misapplied magic and wakes up in love with Helena. Demetrius - A young man of Athens, initially in love with Hermia and ultimately in love with Helena. Demetrius’ obstinate pursuit of Hermi ...
... wishes her to wed Demetrius; when Lysander and Hermia run away into the forest, Lysander becomes the victim of misapplied magic and wakes up in love with Helena. Demetrius - A young man of Athens, initially in love with Hermia and ultimately in love with Helena. Demetrius’ obstinate pursuit of Hermi ...
AMSND Character Profiles
... Hermia - Egeus’s daughter, a young woman of Athens. Hermia is in love with Lysander and is a childhood friend of Helena. As a result of the fairies’ mischief with Oberon’s love potion, both Lysander and Demetrius suddenly fall in love with Helena. Self-conscious about her short stature, Hermia suspe ...
... Hermia - Egeus’s daughter, a young woman of Athens. Hermia is in love with Lysander and is a childhood friend of Helena. As a result of the fairies’ mischief with Oberon’s love potion, both Lysander and Demetrius suddenly fall in love with Helena. Self-conscious about her short stature, Hermia suspe ...
groovy greeks - Birmingham Stage Company
... Spartan girls were expected to live at home up until the time that they got married. However, unlike other city states, girls also received some form of education. They had some basic schooling i ...
... Spartan girls were expected to live at home up until the time that they got married. However, unlike other city states, girls also received some form of education. They had some basic schooling i ...
Midsummer Night`s Dream Characters
... Puck is the closest thing the play has to a protagonist. His enchanting, mischievous spirit pervades the atmosphere, and his antics are responsible for many of the complications that propel the other main plots: he mistakes the young Athenians, applying the love potion to Lysander instead of Demetri ...
... Puck is the closest thing the play has to a protagonist. His enchanting, mischievous spirit pervades the atmosphere, and his antics are responsible for many of the complications that propel the other main plots: he mistakes the young Athenians, applying the love potion to Lysander instead of Demetri ...
The Begetting of Theseus
... • Under a spell cast by Medea, Aegeus doesn’t realize that this is his son • Aegeus sends him out to kill a bull on the plains of Marathon • Then she tries to poison him, but Aegeus recognizes his own sword in time – Medea flees ...
... • Under a spell cast by Medea, Aegeus doesn’t realize that this is his son • Aegeus sends him out to kill a bull on the plains of Marathon • Then she tries to poison him, but Aegeus recognizes his own sword in time – Medea flees ...
Character List - Ponderosa High School English Terri Kessler
... groups of characters, Puck is the closest thing the play has to a protagonist. His enchanting, mischievous spirit pervades the atmosphere, and his antics are responsible for many of the complications that propel the other main plots: he mistakes the young Athenians, applying the love potion to Lysan ...
... groups of characters, Puck is the closest thing the play has to a protagonist. His enchanting, mischievous spirit pervades the atmosphere, and his antics are responsible for many of the complications that propel the other main plots: he mistakes the young Athenians, applying the love potion to Lysan ...
Characters MSND
... closest thing the play has to a protagonist. His enchanting, mischievous spirit pervades the atmosphere, and his antics are responsible for many of the complications that propel the other main plots: he mistakes the young Athenians, applying the love potion to Lysander instead of Demetrius, thereby ...
... closest thing the play has to a protagonist. His enchanting, mischievous spirit pervades the atmosphere, and his antics are responsible for many of the complications that propel the other main plots: he mistakes the young Athenians, applying the love potion to Lysander instead of Demetrius, thereby ...
Euripides
... where they lived together happily • they had two sons • thus, Theseus ended up having two young legitimate sons and one older illegitimate child (Hippolytus) by his Amazon spear‐prize ...
... where they lived together happily • they had two sons • thus, Theseus ended up having two young legitimate sons and one older illegitimate child (Hippolytus) by his Amazon spear‐prize ...
File - Mr. P. Ronan
... "The Minotaur is a terrible monster! What makes you think you can kill it?" cried his father. "I'll find a way," Theseus replied gently. "The gods will help me." His father begged him not to go. But the prince took his place as the seventh Athenian boy. Along with six other Athenian boys and seven A ...
... "The Minotaur is a terrible monster! What makes you think you can kill it?" cried his father. "I'll find a way," Theseus replied gently. "The gods will help me." His father begged him not to go. But the prince took his place as the seventh Athenian boy. Along with six other Athenian boys and seven A ...
Mythology study guide
... 5. Because all the gods gave her something, she was called Pandora, which means _________________________. 6. Epimetheus was so happy with Pandora that he forgot about the _________________________ his brother had left in his charge. 7. Epimetheus, whose name means _________________________, could n ...
... 5. Because all the gods gave her something, she was called Pandora, which means _________________________. 6. Epimetheus was so happy with Pandora that he forgot about the _________________________ his brother had left in his charge. 7. Epimetheus, whose name means _________________________, could n ...
Theseus and the Minotaur
... In ancient times, the city-state of Crete had gone to war with the city-state of Athens, and Crete had won. As tribute after the war, every nine years Athens was required to send seven young men and seven young women on a somber boat. These youths were to be sacrificed to the Minotaur. Half bull and ...
... In ancient times, the city-state of Crete had gone to war with the city-state of Athens, and Crete had won. As tribute after the war, every nine years Athens was required to send seven young men and seven young women on a somber boat. These youths were to be sacrificed to the Minotaur. Half bull and ...
Achilles and the Trojan War:
... But Pandora was very curious about what was in the box. She begged Epimetheus to let her open it, but he always said no. Finally one day he fell asleep, and she stole the key (or broke the seal) and opened the box (or vase). Out of the box flew every kind of trouble that people had never known about ...
... But Pandora was very curious about what was in the box. She begged Epimetheus to let her open it, but he always said no. Finally one day he fell asleep, and she stole the key (or broke the seal) and opened the box (or vase). Out of the box flew every kind of trouble that people had never known about ...
The Trial of Theseus
... The Trial of Theseus is a first person action game with elements of horror. The premise of the game comes from the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. In this story, the king of Crete waged war on Athens in revenge for the death of his son, and upon Athens’ defeat, he demanded that every nine ye ...
... The Trial of Theseus is a first person action game with elements of horror. The premise of the game comes from the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. In this story, the king of Crete waged war on Athens in revenge for the death of his son, and upon Athens’ defeat, he demanded that every nine ye ...
File
... Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book III, relates that Echo offended the goddess Hera by keeping her in conversation, thus preventing her from spying on one of Zeus' amours ...
... Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book III, relates that Echo offended the goddess Hera by keeping her in conversation, thus preventing her from spying on one of Zeus' amours ...
Cape Sounion – Temple of Poseidon
... Lets follow the legend. Cape Sounion is the spot where Aegeus, king of Athens, leapt to his death off the cliff, thus giving his name to the Aegean Sea. The story goes that Aegeus, anxiously looking out from Sounion, saw in despair, a black sail on his son Theseus’s ship, returning from Crete. This ...
... Lets follow the legend. Cape Sounion is the spot where Aegeus, king of Athens, leapt to his death off the cliff, thus giving his name to the Aegean Sea. The story goes that Aegeus, anxiously looking out from Sounion, saw in despair, a black sail on his son Theseus’s ship, returning from Crete. This ...
A Midsummer`s Night Dream
... The scene takes place at the palace of Duke Theseus of Athens Four days before the wedding of Theseus to Hippolyta Egeus arrives at court with his daughter Hermia and two rivals Demetrius and Lysander Egeus demands that Hermia marry Demetrius his choice of a husband Shakespeare reveals to us that He ...
... The scene takes place at the palace of Duke Theseus of Athens Four days before the wedding of Theseus to Hippolyta Egeus arrives at court with his daughter Hermia and two rivals Demetrius and Lysander Egeus demands that Hermia marry Demetrius his choice of a husband Shakespeare reveals to us that He ...
Minotauros (“Minos`s Bull”)
... volunteered to go, and, with the help of Ariadne, daughter of Minos and Pasiphae, he killed the monster and ended the tribute. Theseus escaped with Ariadne. A modern version of the tale is told in Mary Renault’s novel The King Must Die (1958). ...
... volunteered to go, and, with the help of Ariadne, daughter of Minos and Pasiphae, he killed the monster and ended the tribute. Theseus escaped with Ariadne. A modern version of the tale is told in Mary Renault’s novel The King Must Die (1958). ...
Class 9A Epimetheus, Pandora, Prometheus Group Odysseus
... give me the throne and the scepter, so we don't fight over them." Pelias replied: "Okay, but first, you need to get this 'Golden Fleece,' and then I'll give you the throne," because he didn't expect Jason to return alive. So Jason invites a whole bunch of people to come along, like Hercules, and a w ...
... give me the throne and the scepter, so we don't fight over them." Pelias replied: "Okay, but first, you need to get this 'Golden Fleece,' and then I'll give you the throne," because he didn't expect Jason to return alive. So Jason invites a whole bunch of people to come along, like Hercules, and a w ...
Greek Mythology
... and he requested that the guests bring horses. Perseus, being a fisherman, had no horse to give the king and asked the king to name the gift and he would not refuse it. Polydectes told Perseus that he wanted the head of the only mortal Gorgon, Medusa, whose eyes turned people to stone." "Perseus, no ...
... and he requested that the guests bring horses. Perseus, being a fisherman, had no horse to give the king and asked the king to name the gift and he would not refuse it. Polydectes told Perseus that he wanted the head of the only mortal Gorgon, Medusa, whose eyes turned people to stone." "Perseus, no ...
Greek and Roman Mythology
... love with an ugly man. But Eros fell in love with her himself. He visited her nightly, but never allowed her to see his face. At the instigation of her sisters, Psyche sneaks in to look at him one night when he is asleep. He awakes and leaves her. She wandered the earth in search of a lover for many ...
... love with an ugly man. But Eros fell in love with her himself. He visited her nightly, but never allowed her to see his face. At the instigation of her sisters, Psyche sneaks in to look at him one night when he is asleep. He awakes and leaves her. She wandered the earth in search of a lover for many ...