Daedalus Hero

In some legends he was also known as the advisor of Gods and the keeper of the divine records. He was also believed to have invented medicine, writing and even music. He was often considered the patron of scribes

His affair with a woman named Leto led to the birth of the twins Apollo and Artemis. Hera being the jealous wife she was, forced Leto to roam the earth in search of a place to give birth, for Hera had stopped her from gaining shelter on land or at sea. The only place she could go was to the isle of Delos in the middle of the Aegean Sea, for Delos was a floating island. This would be one of many of Hera’s revenges on her husband’s affairs. Zeus used many different disguises to seduce women. When he seduced the Spartan queen Leda, he transformed himself into a beautiful swan, and from the egg which Leda produced, two sets of twins were born. They were Polydeuces and Castor and Clytemnestra and Helen of Troy. He also visited princess Danae as a shower of gold, and from this, the hero Perseus was born. He kidnapped the Phoenician princess Europa, disguised as a bull, then carried her on his back to the island of Crete where she had three sons. They were Minos, Rhadamanthys, and Sarpedon. These were just some of his many children. Zeus had many Temples and festivals in his honor, the most famous was Olympia, the magnificent "Temple of Zeus", which held the gold and ivory statue of the enthroned Zeus, which was sculpted by Phidias. It was later to become one of the "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World". Also the Olympic Games and many other numerous festivals throughout Greece were held in

The Minotaur, meaning Minos bull, was “a monster of dire appearance, having the body of a powerful man and the head of a bull” (Seltman 98). Against his newfound father’s request, Theseus leaves Athens in hopes of returning victorious against the bull-headed beast. In a heroic fashion, Theseus leaps over the next step in Campbell’s hero journey and never refuses his call to adventure. The next step to any hero’s journey is an encounter with a super natural aid, but Theseus’ story takes a moral mentor to gather resources needed for the rest of his journey (Robertson 269). Theseus encounters his unlikely mentor upon arriving to Crete; Minos daughter, Ariadne, instructs Theseus to take a ball of linen with him into the labyrinth in order to trace back his steps after defeating the Minotaur (Martin 129). Crossing the threshold, Theseus ties one end of his ball of linen to the front door and journeys into the unconquerable maze and towards the beast (129). Theseus passes through his first trial of navigating the labyrinth inwards with ease straight into danger. Walking

The Minotaur, half man half bull, lived in Crete. Trapped in a labyrinth, constructed by the great Daedalus, the king of Crete, King Minos, demanded a tribute of seven boys and seven girls from Athens to satisfy the Minotaur’s savage hunger. But one year, Minos was deceived, for a new hero arose, Theseus, son of Aegeus, Prince of Athens. He won over the heart of Minos’s daughter, Ariadne, and used her ball of string to venture into the labyrinth to slay the Minotaur. After a hard-fought grapple within the lair of the minotaur, the beast fell to the sword of Aegeus, which Theseus had smuggled into the maze. Using the string, he found his way back out. The Labyrinth went underground, void of life, never to be seen again.

the great hero who built the Trojan horse.” stated by Aeolus. After his victory it was almost as if he too was a god. This only caused him to believe he is equal to the gods

Poseidon, also know as Neptune in Roman mythology, the God of the Sea. Do you know him? If you don’t, here’s a little “guide” all about him, telling you about his family, friends, his worst enemies, his attributes, divine powers, and his connections to the modern world. Are you ready?

Cadmus, king of Tyre and son of Agenor was on a mission to find his missing sister Europa who was abducted by Zeus. Cadmus began his search in Greece. While in desperate search of his sister he came across and oracle in Delphi. The oracle told him to quit his search and instead follow a certain cow until it sits down. Obeying the oracles orders Cadmus was forced to end his search and follow the cow. The cow lead Cadmus and his men to a city known as Thebes. Thebes later became a major city located in the central region of Greece. When he finally reached his destination Cadmus and his companions sacrifice the cow to the god Athena. In the process of completing the sacrifice Cadmus faces a deadly serpent (son of Ares) who unfortunately kills

“The Minotaur was a monster, half bull, half human...” (157), and was kept in the Labyrinth—a convoluted maze impossible to escape from. This was where the young were to be taken to for their deaths. When the time came to choose the fourteen tributes, “Theseus came forward and offered to be one of the victims.” (157).

To keep the Minotaur fed the parents would send several children over to the Crete where he is at. But to stop the madness, theseus is determined to slay the minotaur and also make it back to Athens in one piece. As theseus started his journey to go find the creature he stumbled along other people as well. The next morning he reached Athens. It was the lagest city he had ever

What comes of a cross between the epitome of a classical hero and a modern day, philanthropist hero? Ayrton Senna was just that. Outside motorsport, his name may not ring as many bells, but within this field he was a legend and the stories that surround his name are comparable to those of ancient heroes. His victories may not have been against monsters and demonic spawn of satan, but they were incredible nonetheless within “the fiery crucible of motorsport” as it has been called. Ayrton Senna captures a classical hero persona in a modern era, which is different among the typical expectation of a modern hero. His presence commanded the attention of everyone around and the stories about him were told among Formula One followers all over the globe.

Also, another myth was Prometheus being known as The Thief Of Fire, more myths was when he wrapped up the best parts and the intestines in the skin, and at the top he placed the stomach, which is one of the worst parts while the second heap consisted of the bones covered with fat. Furthermore, the goddess Athena taught him architecture, astronomy, mathematics, navigation, medicine, and metallurgy, and he in return taught them to

Prometheus was a great god in ancient times and to this day,he is still remembered as the creator of humanity. He was one of the ringleaders in the battle between the Titans and the Olympian gods which were led by Zeus in order to gain control of the heavens.

of Theseus and more specifically the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur in the labyrinth. The

The “true” hero swoops in to save the day and takes La Esmeralda from the hanging post to the cathedral, this is a very cleshay scene. Quasimodo did the right thing to save the wrongly convicted girl. It was bold for Esmeralda to look at and communicate with Quasimodo. Most people would curse at Quasimodo and flee in terror. That is another reason why people dislike Quasimodo. The don’t like him because of his looks and his terror. There is a major confusion between the vagabonds and Quasimodo. They are fighting each other, but they have the same motive; to save La Esmeralda. Another example of Claude’s cleverness is when he uses Gringore to his own advantage. Together, Claude and Gringore get La Esmeralda and Djali out of the cathedral and

Joyce also uses the name Stephen Daedalus for his protagonist as a reference to the builder of the Cretan Labyrinth. As the story goes, Daedalus, an architect, created a maze called the Labyrinth to house a half-man, half-bull upon the Kings request. To keep the secret of the Labyrinth safe, the King imprisoned Daedalus and his son in the Labyrinth too. Trying to escape Daedalus created two pairs of wings from feathers and wax which he and his son used to fly from the island. His son, who did not heed his father's warning and took too much pride in believing he had outsmarted the King. He flew too high into the sky and the wax melted