Greek MythologyBy: Morgan, Abby, & Megan

Theseus● Lineage: Hercules’s cousin, Lovers:

Phaedra, Hippolyta, Parents: Aegeus & Aethra.

● Symbol:

● Powers: Strength, wit, charm● Weakness: Forgetful● Description: Strong, loyal, caring to

his close relations, heroic, courageous

● Important Events:○ Slays minotaur to with help from Ariadne.○ Banishes his innocent son Hippolytus because

his wife Phaedra fell in love with him and killed herself.

○ His father set a boulder for his son to lift to prove his strength and worthiness in order to meet him.

○ Went to go find the golden fleece.○ Lord of Hades saved Theseus from the

underworld and from then he married Phaedra.

● Allusion:Harry Potter- Harry didn't know he was a wizard until later in life; Theseus didn't know he was the king’s son until later in life.

● In relation to everyday life: Theseus became a great national hero of Attica, he also became an important political figure of Athens in the early fifth century. Also today people call mazes labyrinths.

Minotaur ● Lineage: offspring of Minos’ wife

Pasiphae and a wonderfully beautiful bull, Father-Poseidon, Foster father- Androgeus, Half brothers- Catreus, Deucalion, Glaucus; Half-sisters: Ariadne and Phaedra; Brother-in-law: Theseus and Dionysus

● Symbol:

● Powers: Incredibly strong with sharp horns, a fierce fighter, hungry for flesh

● Weakness: Not incredibly bright; a bit top heavy, constantly hungry and angry, can be killed with his own horn.

● Description: Half human, half bull● Events:

○ Every 9 years 7 maidens and 7 youths were sacrificed to the Minotaur

○ Daedalus a great architect and inventor built the labyrinth which trapped the Minotaur.

● Allusions: Narnia

Centaurs (Chiron)

● Lineage: Son of Titan(Kronos) half brother of Zeus, Mother: Philyra, Offspring: The Nymphai Pelionides, Endeis, Melanippe, Okyrrhoe, Karystos

● Symbol:

● Description: More like beasts than men, Half man, half horse, (Just Chiron)-known for his goodness, and wisdom

● Powers: Physically strong, wise, more mature than the other Centaur

● Weakness: His star pupil Aesculapius

● Events:○ Hercules caused his death by an

accidental wound.○ Zeus permitted Chiron to die rather

than live forever in pain.● Allusion: Narnia and Harry Potter

Ariadne

● Lineage:○ Parents: Minos and Pasiphae○ Lovers: Theseus(fell in love with him),

Dionysos (Husband) ○ Children:Thoas, Staphylos, Oinopion,

Peparethos, Eurymedon

● Symbol:

● Powers: Mortal● Weaknesses: Her love for Theseus● Description: Cunning and witty● Events: Told Theseus the secret to

exiting the labyrinth in exchange for marriage

● Events:○ Theseus left her on the island of Naxos

where she died ○ Dionysus saved her then turned her

immortal to become his wife● Allusion: Midsummer Night’s Dream

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