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Theseus and the Minotaur A brave feat… …and no more young Athenians for feasts!

Characters King Minos (son of Zeus and Europa) Queen Pasiphae (daughter of sun-god Helios) Daedalus (an Athenian architect) Poseidon (god of the sea) Minotaur (a monster born to Pasiphae) Ariadne (King Minos’ daughter)

More Characters Aegeus (king of Athens, father to Theseus) Theseus (hero from Troezen) Princess Aethra (Theseus’ mother) Medea (sorceress who married Aegeus) Dionysus (god of wine) Icarus (son of Daedalus) King of Sicily

City of Athens City of Troezen Island of Naxos Island of Sicily Aegean Sea Island of Crete

Who is Theseus’ father? King Aegeus of Athens Theseus must move a large rock and find the sandals and sword beneath it and bring them to his father Some say Poseidon is his father… http://www.heritage-history.com/books/hawthorne/tanglewood/zpage032.gif

What is the Minotaur? half man, half beast (bull) The minotaur lives in a labyrinth built by Daedalus, an Athenian architect, under the palace of Cnossus on the island of Crete http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Theseus_Minotaur_Mosaic.jpg

How many boys and girls will be sacrificed to the Minotaur? 7 girls, 7 boys http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Arts/Francois/FRDance.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Arts/Francois.htm&usg=__jurpcC6GmNlvZwqdM74Ye6V9xDY=&h=270&w=500&sz=34&hl=en&start=40&zoom=1&tbnid=Geye4uEbV1swTM:&tbnh=70&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dathenian%2Byouths%2Band%2Bminotaur%26start%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26gbv%3D1%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1 http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/images/mlw_0001_0004_0_img0191.jpg

Who does Theseus fall in love with? Ariadne, King Minos’ daughter Upon returning to Athens, Theseus leaves Ariadne on the island of Naxos where she marries Dionysus, the god of wine http://www.illusionsgallery.com/Ariadne-L.jpg

Why does Aegeus kill himself? Theseus, while hurriedly leaving Crete, forgets to hoist the white sail of victory after killing the Minotaur King Aegeus sees the black sail and jumps off a cliff to his death http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/gallery/myth/heroes/images/theseus_.jpg

Plot Graph Introduction: Version #1: Medea, King Aegeus of Athens, Theseus, Princess Aethra Version #2: King Minos of Crete, Queen Pasiphae, Daedalus, Poseidon, the Minotaur

Complicating Incident: Version #1: Theseus arrives at King Aegeus’ palace with the sandals and sword; Theseus almost poisons him but realizes he is his son Version #2: Poseidon offers a bull to Queen Pasiphae for her to sacrifice, but she wants to keep it; Poseidon is angry and punishes Pasiphae by causing her to give birth to the Minotaur

Rising Action, Crisis, Climax Crisis: Theseus kills Minotaur Crisis: Ariadne aids Theseus with ball of twine if he will marry her Theseus offers to fight Minotaur Theseus comes to Athens & brings sword & golden sandals Minos demands 14 Athenians fed to Minotaur every 9 years Son of Minos visists Athens and is killed King Minos wages war with islands for prisoners as good Daedalus creates labyrinth Complicating Incident: Pasiphaie gives birth to the Minotaur