Greek Mythology and Heroic Legends

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Greek Mythology and Heroic Legends

• Mrs.. Karagias
• Period 12

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Icarus by Greg and Ryan

• Icarus was the son of the inventor Daedalus and a
  slave named Naucrate.
• Daedalus and Icarus escaped Crete after saving
  Theseus to kill the monster called minotaur.
• Daedalus buried his son on an island which can be
  called Icarius

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Golden Fleece

• The Golden Fleece was a treasure sought by
  Jason Argonauts. When Athamas remarried the
  childrens stepmother, Ino, become jealous and
  wanted to get rid of them.Before Phrixus could be
  sacrificed however, Nephele sent a golden ram
  which carried both children off through the air.

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Theseus
Theseus was born of Aethra. Theseus ran into a
sudden storm and was homed by several different
gods. One his trip he killed many villains
including, Sciron, Sinis, and Procrustes He was
wise and Athenians paid great respect to him.
Theseus was murder and thrown over at sea. His
people gave him a proper burial in a tomb.
By Bill Amanda
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Daedulus

• Daedulus, the son of Metion, was a famous
  architect, inventor, and craftsman. He lived in
  Athens, with his mother and father. He went to
  Crete, where he began to work. He constructed a
  wooden cow for the queen to ride on the the city.

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Pandora
When Prometheus stole fire from heaven, Zeus took
vengeance by presenting Pandora to Epimetheus,
Prometheus' brother. With her, Pandora had a jar
which she was not to open under any circumstance.
Impelled by her natural curiosity, Pandora opened
the jar, and all evil contained escaped and
spread over the earth. She hastened to close the
lid, but the whole contents of the jar had
escaped, except for one thing which lay at the
bottom, and that was Hope.
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• Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, war, the
  arts, industry, justice and skill. She was the
  favorite child of Zeus. She had sprung fully
  grown out of her father's head. Her mother was
  Metis, goddess of wisdom and Zeus' first wife. In
  fear that Metis would bear a son mightier than
  himself he swallowed her. Zeus got painful
  headaches from the hammering of the helmet.
  Skilled Hephatus ran to his father and split his
  skull open and from it emerged Athena, fully
  grown and wearing her mother's robe and helmet.

Athena
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By M-Twon
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Cretan Bull By Pam Eric

• Cretan Bull was a wild bull from Crete, with
  extraordinary strength Hercules captured this
  magnificent bull. He leaped on his back and road
  him until the bull was tired. Hercules presented
  the bull to Eurytheus the god of the sea but she
  refused the offering.

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HeraclesBy Zach and Michelle

Heracles (Latin Hercules) is the son of the god
Zeus and Alcmene. His gift was fabulous strength
he strangled two serpents in his cradle, and
killed a lion before manhood. Heracles' main
antagonist was Hera
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By, Christina Augusta
! Jason !

• Jason, the son of Aeson.

• The leader of the Argonauts.

• The husband of Medea.

Because of a prophecy that Jason would someday
do him harm, King Pelias of Iolcos sent Jason on
a seemingly impossible quest to bring the Golden
Fleece back from distant Colchis. For the quest,
Jason assembled a crew of heroes from all over
Greece Argos built for the heroes the largest
ship ever constructed, the Argo.
On the voyage to Colchis, in addition to other
adventures, Jason and his crew of Argonauts
became the first humans to pass through the
Symplegades (the Clashing Rocks).
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AriandebySamTwon Joe

• Ariadne was the daughter of King Minos of Crete,
  who attacked Athens after his son was murdered
  there. She fell in love with Theseus, a young man
  who volunteered to come and kill the Minotaur,
  and helped him by giving him a magic sword and a
  ball of thread so that he could easily find his
  way out. But he left her sleeping on the island
  of Naxos, and Dionysus wedded her himself.

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ANTIGONE

• Daughter of Oedipus
• Sister of Eteocles and Polynices