The Legend of King Minos and the Minotaur
King Minos, a powerful ruler of Crete, demanded tributes from Athens, leading to the sacrifice of young Athenians to the Minotaur, a terrifying half-man, half-bull creature. Theseus, son of King Aegeus, volunteers to slay the Minotaur with the help of Ariadne. With a sword and a thread, Theseus enters the labyrinth to confront the monster and succeed in his quest, aided by the guidance of Ariadne.
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Thesus and The Minotaur. =King Minos of Crete was a powerful man, feared by the rulers of the lands around him. When he demanded goods or men for his great armies, they felt they had to agree. When he demanded they send tributes to honour him, they sent them without question. It was the only way they could stop him going to war with them. But his demands on Athens became too much for them to bear. King Minos had a great palace built for himself. Inside this palace, Minos had built a giant maze, a labyrinth, and, at the centre of the maze, he kept a terrifying creature the Minotaur. Now this was no ordinary animal; it was a monster, half man and half bull. It was powerful and savage, and it loved to eat the flesh of the humans who had been shut into the labyrinth by King Minos. List four things, in full sentences, that we learn about King Minos. Stretch: Look at the image of King Minos. Imagine and describe their personality.
Hermes tells how Crete was once all-powerful because of the instruments of war created by Deadalus for King Minos. But King Minos and his people had a problem - the Minotaur - a creature part-man, part-bull, which rampaged throughout the palace killing those it caught.Deadalus creates a labyrinth - a maze - under the palace and the Minotaur is lured inside, where it can never find its way out again. The only problem is how to feed the creature. Minos determines to demand tribute from the peoples he has conquered in the form of humans - young men and women to be fed to the Minotaur.The scene switches to Athens. Fourteen young Athenians are being selected for the journey to Crete...and Theseus - son of King Aegeus - is determined to be one of them. Theseus persuades his father to allow him to go to Crete, with the aim of killing the Minotaur. And if he kills the creature he will signal his success by flying a white sail on the return journey.Theseus and the others arrive in Crete. That evening King Minos's daughter - Ariadne - comes to their cell to offer assistance. She gives Theseus a sword and a ball of thread. The thread will enable Theseus to find his way back through the labyrinth to the entrance again. Now all he must do is find the Minotaur and kill it... Summarise in your own words your understanding of the story. Firstly, we learn that Afterwards, we are told that Finally https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-zWkDElTyc
Read the full story and summarise it in your OWN words in EIGHT sentences. file:///Z:/Y7/Blended%20Learning/AR/Thesus%20and%20The% 20Minotaur.pdf
Write your own story about a monster from a distant land You could describe a foreign land for the setting You could describe a monster that is similar to the minotaur You could describe the physical movement You could describe the personality You could create a back story You have five adjectives in your work You have three adverbs in your work You start a sentence with a verb You have used a metaphor or simile
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