Minos

Much like Katniss Everdeen of Suzanne Collins’s acclaimed novel, The Hunger Games, Theseus, a well known Greek hero, offered to be one of the tributes of a situation that could potentially end his life. In his case, Theseus voyaged on a quest to the Labyrinth to slay the Minotaur and free the other tributes. All four heroes in Edith Hamilton’s Mythology show traits and features that display their unworthiness to named a hero. Nevertheless, these heroes also exhibit extremely admirable qualities.…

must complete or they face dire consequences. Theseus is a special example because he has many stories and quests that he goes on through his life. The first quest is one he bestows upon himself; to rescue the people of Athens from the scornful King Minos and his awful Minotaur. This is a perfect opportunity for Theseus to prove his merit to his father and to do something important with his incredible strength. When the tributes to be sent to the Minotaur were chosen, “ Theseus came forward and…

money is stolen by a one-eyed man played by John Goodman, a reference to the Cyclops whichOdysseus meets. Once the third member is recovered and the three friends are again together andon their way home, they disguise themselves as the Soggy Bottom Boys, a folk group whose hitsong “Man of Constant Sorrow”. These are two more references to the original story in that Odysseus himself returns to Ithaca disguised as a beggar, much like the folk of the dust bowl era,and his name, Odysseus, has been…

Classical mythology is the study of myths and their importance to Ancient Greece and Rome. These myths have existed for over 3000 years and explore the basis of all beliefs and ideals of ancient and modern society. There are many types of myths such as divine myths which focuses on supernatural beings, legends which are based on heroes, and folktales which involve ordinary people and animals. Legends are typically the most well-known and modernized myths because of their high-action and…

The play I would pick that would be centered on the life of Theseus would be focused on the myth of him and the Minotaur. I feel like this is a good myth for a tragedy because there is a small number of characters at play, chiefly Theseus, his father Aegeus, the Minotaur itself, King Minos’s daughter Ariadne, and Daedalus who helps Theseus defeat the labyrinth. This small character list would fit the need for only three actors. I also think this particular myth has a lot of the features needed…

impossible. I am the chairman of the board who decides if the small rural country town gets a dam or keeps the stream so that the Minos do not go extinct. The city council is currently at a tie where I have to be the deciding vote. Three members are for the dam getting built and three are protesting against it. I am going to vote in favor of building the dam, therefore letting the Minos go extinct. My reasoning for this is in the overall effect that the dam will have on the community in such a…

hopes of releasing them and ruining Minos’ illustrious political career. He was a charming man (which was originally why he went into politics) and it was not long before Ariadne, Minos’ daughter fell madly in love with him. Ariadne asked Daedalus how to access the photos and he told her, without knowing that she was going to run straight to Theseus and tell him exactly how to infiltrate the Labyrinth. Not long after that, an extremely smug Theseus released Minos’ naked photos for all the…

Theseus met Princess Ariadne, daughter of King Minos, who fell madly in love with him and decided to help Theseus. She gave him a thread and told him to unravel it as he would penetrate deeper and deeper into the Labyrinth, so that he knows the way out when he kills the monster. Theseus followed her…

Dante’s Inferno Literary Analysis I am reading Dante’s Inferno by Dante Alighieri. In the book we read that Virgil guides Dante through the circles of hell so that he could reach heaven where Dante’s wife Beatrice awaits. Dante created this story in order to give the world an image of afterlife and to explain the Christian belief of sin and punishment. He takes us through each circle of hell describing what it looks like, who gets sent there, and what punishment they receive. Through the story…

Half man and half bull, deadly to all of those that crossed this beast’s path. The beast was called the Minotaur. The Minotaur was the offspring of Pasiphae and the white bull sent from Poseidon to King Minos. Minos strongly admired the white bull for its beauty, as a result of his admiration Minos decided that he would not sacrifice the bull but instead sacrifice one of his own. As a form of punishment, Poseidon cursed Pasiphae to lust for the bull resulting in the birth of the Minotaur. Due to…