Early Life Of The Minotaus

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 was a part man, part bull monster, and Polyphemus was a giant cyclopes. This paper will discuss how they are alike and different.

The monsters names are The Minotaur and the Polyphemus. The Minotaur is a Greek Monsters that lives in a maze called the Labyrinth. He is part man, part bull and the King of the Athenaeus had gave it sacrifices of 7 boys and 7 girls. He got defeated by Theseus the king's son he defeated him by using a wool of string which was given to him by the king's daughter. He made it through the maze and back out without getting eaten. The Cyclops name is Polyphemus he lives on an island where he lives in a cave and were he tends his sheep. But one day after walking his sheep he found “The Odysseus” and his men in his cave eating his food. He locked them in and ate them they escaped Polyphemus by stabbing his eye and Odysseus men escaped by hiding under

Overall, I enjoyed the reading. I admire how the author put his readers into a different perspective on this Greek myth. To see how the minotaur lived in the labyrinth before Theseus came

the animals, and the 50/50 body composition of the animals-Minotaur is half human and half

"One of your children shall betray you" Gaia evidently told Cronus: this conversation would lead to one big bellyache. Goddess Gaia convinced Cronus that one of his children would betray him. His solution, swallow all of his kids whole. Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, Hestia, and Hera were all swallowed by their father soon after birth from their mother Rhea. Cronus was in such a rush that when Rhea gave him a rock (fake Zeus) he consumed it like all the other children. Zeus was hidden by his mother until he was old enough to fight his father. When Zeus

In the story between Theseus and the Minotaur, King Minos requested that seven boys and seven girls come to Crete from Athens every nine years so his son the Minotaur could feast (Gods, Heroes and Monsters, 4.11.). The Minotaur lived in the center of a very tricky maze called the labyrinth. Theseus didn’t like the idea of sending young children to Crete so he volunteered to go himself and defeat the Minotaur. Theseus says to his father “When it is time to send the next tribute, I will go as one of them and I vow that it is the last time the Minotaur will be fed with the flesh of any of our people (Myths and Legends, 2006)”. The bravery Theseus had to save his people is part of the reason why he is considered a mythological hero. He volunteered himself to defeat the creature not knowing if he was going to make it himself. He was confident and wise but the maze was confusing and anyone who goes in doesn’t necessary come back out. King Minos wasn’t worried because if he were to defeat his son, he wouldn’t find his way back out.

There once was a horse named Dino. He lived in greece. His mother and father noticed that when he was born he was to small for a baby so they named him Dino.Why is because Dino means “little sword”. He was very tiny for his age and got picked on by his horse friends. Even the MOUSE picked on him. So one day he decided that he had had enough. He galloped right up to Maia ,the god of growth, and said he said “ I am sick and tired of being picked on” he said furiously…. “So may you make me grow?” He asked. “well little colt I can do that ,buuuut only on 1 condition. You have to trap the minotaur, tame the Sphinx to obey me and bring Cerberus to the underworld so hades can have nothing to prevent the dead from leaving the underworld.

Greek mythology has been passed on and retold over generations. Literature and movies have been created to entertain as well as provide specific themes based off of myths. There are many heroes that mythology talks about and each one has lived an epic life, but there is one famous hero that has been immortalized throughout history. Hercules is the son of Zeus and a mortal named Alcmene. Zeus impregnated her while her husband was away and this is where his story began. Zeus' wife, Hera, found out about the affair and was outrageous about his careless actions. She tried to prevent Hercules' birth; however, when that didn't work she sent snakes to kill the baby. Hercules was too mighty for the snakes and strangled them before they could even hurt him. As stated in this source, "Hera remained angry. How could she get even? Hera knew that she would lose in a fight, and that she wasn't powerful enough to prevent Zeus from having his way. Hera decided to pay Zeus back for his infidelity by making the rest of Hercules' life as miserable as she could" (Crane WEB). Hercules grew up to be a great young warrior and was all around. With this god-like strength, also came an uncontrollable temper that made him react at times without thinking, but later made him realize the wrongdoings of his violence. He later then married a woman named Megara and had two beautiful children. But one day, Hera instilled a fit of rage into Hercules and made him slaughter his family with his very own hands. He was shocked by his actions and asked Apollo for assistance since he was drowning in guilt. Apollo later then gave him specific tasks to help Hercules redeem himself for the bloodshed he caused. The hero was sent to Eurystheus, and under his strict hand, he was to accomplish twelve labors over the next twelve years.

The Minotaur has a body that is half man half bull. The body is the man and the head and tail is the bull part. Its is the offspring of queen of crete her name is Pasiphae and a bull. It has super human strength and has enhanced durability. The minotaur is unintelligent. He lives in the labrinth eating the sacraficed youth.

The Minotaur’s human side would have been less likely to emerge than his animal side that consumed the majority of his personality. He had grown up not knowing any better, he was used as a weapon by Minos, for power. The Minotaur never knew any better. He knew what he had to do to survive and that is what he did, until the day he was slayed.

Heras paents were two gods named Cronus and Rhea. After living in fear of one of his children growing up to displace him, just as he had done to his own father, he decided to swallow them shortly after birth. However, when Rhea gave birth to another son, Zeus, she made sure not to tell cronus so the same

The Minoans were a civilization who flourished from 3000 BCE until 1100 BCE on the island of Crete, were greatly influenced by the Phoenicians, Egyptians, Syrians and the Anatolians (Britannica Encyclopedia). This civilization made major contributions to Western European development in the areas of language, architecture and art. It was the famous archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans who made the astounding discoveries at Knossos in the early 1900’s that introduced to the world the fascinating and wonderful sophistication of these early Greeks (Britannica Encyclopedia). The history of the island has been molded by its proximity to the Aegean Sea. Its geographical location gave it control over the sea and the lucrative trade routes. The Minoans traded with Egypt, the Levant, the Aegean, and beyond to Italy, and Sicily.

However many argue that it was from the bull sensation that came the origins and inspiration for the tale of the Minotaur. The creature eventually grew for a horrific taste for blood, forcing Minos to imprison it in a twisting labyrinth under his palace, Knossos. Several years ago, Oxford university geographer Nicholas Howarth uncovered an underground cave complex consisting of a dark,

Several monsters such as the Minotaur, Medusa, and centaurs appear to be partially human. These monsters have human characteristics because the gods decided to create them that way. The Minotaur has the head of a bull with the body of a man. He was born as the offspring of Minos’ wife and a beautiful white bull sent by Poseidon (Hamilton 157). Poseidon forced Minos’ wife to love the bull. Their offspring was the