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

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

TheseusThe great Athenian Hero

TheseusThe great Athenian Hero

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

MinotaurA monster, half bull, half human

MinotaurA monster, half bull, half human

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

Centaurs Creatures with body of a horse with chest and face of a man

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Centaurs Creatures with body of a horse with chest and face of a man

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

AriadnePrincess of Crete

AriadnePrincess of Crete

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