Month: October 2022

Patrick writes Mythology!: Theseus and the Minotaur.

As you may know, I have been learning about Greek mythology at the moment. Today I will be sharing a story called Theseus and the Minotaur. Before we start let me introduce some words that you may find.

Minotaur: In Greek mythology, the Minotaur is a mythical creature portrayed during classical antiquity with the head and tail of a bull and the body of a man or, as described by Roman poet Ovid, a being “part man and part bull”. Now lets get started shall we.

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Patrick Writes Mythology! – Theseus and the Minotaur!

In the land of Ancient Greece, when the God’s ruled the Earth. They drove a wedge between two kings. King Aegeus of Athens was a gentle, friendly king; However King Minos of Crete was a vicious Savage Beast. Regrettably the son of King Minos had been terminated in a battle with King Aegeus.

Deep underground of the capital city, King Minos had imprisoned a beast that is half man, half bull. The demon had a powerful, enormous fists, long sharpened claws, a massive mouth and the sharpest teeth. Its teeth were sharpened, broken and yellow. Its horns were the strongest part of him and the widest. The eyes were vein-bulging and dark eyes.

In retribution for the death of Minos’ son, the Athenians had to sacrifice fourteen citizens to this terrifying Minotaur every year. Theseus, the son of King Aegeus was an adventurous, positive man who loved to go on dangerous missions and could never refuse a challenge. One year, he offered to sail to the island of Crete as one of the seven young men sent as a sacrifice. Thesus was stubbornly set upon killing the Minotaur. King Aegeus felt heartbroken and horrified about his son’s decision. He told him to fly white sails on his return to show the mission had been successful.

Wind rippled through the ship’s sails as Thesus and his companions travelled to Crete. King Minos and his Ariadne greeted the Athenians at the harbour. “ Time to meet your doom!” King Minos declared matter-of-factly. As the Athenians were marching labyrinth with their sweaty palm, quivered lips and their hands tightened.

Ariadne, whose eyes did not shine like sapphires and whose lips were not as red as roses, had fallen in love with Thesus at first sight. “How can I rescue my brave, powerful, love from the man eating beast?” she thought. “If you choose to marry me, I will help you escape the Minotaur” she whispered.

Ariadne gave Theseus a ball of string and told him to unravel it as he walked through the maze, so he could use it as a path back to safety. Deep in the dark dungeon underground, the opponent’s karate kicked and stabbed savagley. SMASH! CRASH! KAPOW! FLOP! Thesus battled, defeated and killed the Minotaur. Theseus, who was exhausted but elated, escaped.

Thesus’ men bolted as fast as a racing car to their awaiting ship. Thesus’ jaw dropped, tears went bursting out of his eyes when Ariadne said, “Remember, you promised to marry me.” As the ship carried them back to Athens, Thesus felt sick to the stomach and caged like an animal.

Far away from home they stopped on an island to collect supplies. As Ariadne was putting her makeup on, the crew were having a nice swim in the salty, ocean water.Thesus thought, ‘I need to get out of here. She is not the girl for me and never will be. ’The Athenians all skulked to the boat and silently rowed away from the shore.

Wandering, joyfully Ariadne decided to gather food for the group. The berries that she collected were bursting with a rich sweetness – moist, sweet, sensational. Yet when she returned to show the others her produce, everyone had abandoned her; her love had abandoned her.

As days turned into nights; as the clouds gathered in the sky, Thesus sailed closer to home. However, Thesus forgot to fly white sails to show his father that he was safe. The sails were as black as a sinsiter raven. King Aegeus stared out to sea and realized his son was dead.

Believing his own son had been slained by the Minotaur, he was heart broken, crushed, depressed. ”I can no longer continue to live like this without my son,” he cried. The oppressevie, dark thunder clouds mimicked the skys turning into bruises, breaking heart. With nothing left to live for, the grieving father was lured and digested by the turbulent, tempestous sea. King Aegeus had tragically died in vain. The end.

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I hope you guys enjoyed the story about Theseus and the Minotaur. Now I have 3 uestions to ask to see if you were paying attention.

Question 1: King Ageus was described as what type of king? Question 2: What did Ariadne give the Minotaur? Question 3: In retribution for the death of Minos’ son, what did the Athenians have to sacrifice?

 

Goodbye and have a blessed day!

Theseus - Didim Holiday

Geography facts I bet you never knew.

 

Hello, and today I’ll be presenting some geographical facts you probably didn’t know.

 

Number 1:  The U.K. has specifically attacked 9 out of 10 nations on Earth.

The only countries that the U.K has never attempted to attack are Andorra, Belarus, Bolivia, Burundi, Republic of Congo, Central Africa Republic, Chad, Guatemala, Ivory Coast, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Mali, Pacific (Marshall) Islands, Monaco, Mongolia, Paraguay, Togo, Principe, Sweden, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and the Vatican City. That is 22 countries that the U.K has not attempted to attack, can you believe it!

 

Number 2: Denmark owns 2 different countries.

Greenland and the Faroe Islands are owned by the country of Denmark, in case you didn’t know! According to google, Denmark and Norway declared their ownership of the island in order to increase trade and power. When the union was dissolved in 1814, Norway lost authority over Greenland as a result of its precarious position. In accordance with the Danish Constitution, Greenland adopted Danish citizenship in 1814 and was fully assimilated into the Danish state in 1953.

 

Number 3: Mauritius is closer to France than you think!

Mauritius, the most safest African country and most democratic African country. Mauritius is an island country which is also where my friend Louka is from, I bet you never knew that France owns war more land then you think, they own Reunion which is the island France owns that is near Mauritius. France owns the Island of Corsica which is right near the bigger Italian island Sardinia, they also own a cut of Antarctica which they named Adelie land.

 

Number 4: Australia is its own independent continent.

Hey kids! Name all of the countries in the continent Oceania! Oh sir, I can. New Zealand, Australia- WRONG! Australia is its own independent Continent! That’s right guys, Australia and Papua New Guinea are a part of the 8th continent of the world, Australia. Did you know that Australia once asked New Zealand to be a part of their continent, I think its pretty clear what New Zealand said.

 

Have a good day and I have a challange for you guys, Try to find the smallest country in each continent. Now what did you guys learn from today?

Goodbye!

Greek Mythology has a lot of interest!

Hey, would you like to learn with me about the 12 primary Greek gods in Greek mythology? Well then, Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Hermes, and either Hestia or Dionysus are the 12 main Greek gods. But today we will be focusing on Poseidon, Zues, Hercules and Hera.

 

Let’s begin with a brief history of Poseidon. Poseidon is the god of the sea (and of water in general) in ancient Greek mythology. He also represents earthquakes and horses. He differs from Pontus, who represents the sea and is the first Greek deity of the waterways. Poseidon’s name translates to “lord of the earth” or “husband of the earth.”  Did you know that Poseidon’s huge three-pronged spear, known as a Trident, serves as his emblem? Very cool! “Isn’t the Neptune god of the sea?” I know you might have been wondering, but Neptune was Poseidon’s opposite in pre-Christian Roman mythology.

 

Moving onto, Zeus: Who is He? In Greek mythology, Zeus is the deity of the sky. Zeus is the most important Greek deity and is regarded as the king, guardian, and father of all other gods and mankind. Zeus wouldn’t be afraid of anything because he is a deity, right? WRONG! The goddess of night, Nyx, terrified Zeus. Zeus is younger and weaker than Nyx. Zeus had six children, with Hercules being the strongest. Let’s start by talking a little about Hercules.

 

Hercules was regarded as Zeus’s strongest offspring because of his strength, which was on par with that of the God of Thunder. Hercules’ twelve labours, which became one of the most famous stories in Greek Mythology, served as evidence of his power.

 

Now lets move onto Hera. Hera, the daughter of Cronus and Rhea, was connected to every facet of a woman’s existence. Romans called her Juno, the goddess of women, marriage, and childbirth. Hera’s wide, round eyes earned her the nickname “ox-eyes” from Homer, who also called her tall and attractive.

 

Anyways I hope you guys have learnt some facts today. I have a challenge for you guys now, can you name 1 fact you have learnt abut each Greek god you have learnt about today?. I want to thank Quillbot for paraphrasing sentences and creating sentence patterns for me. Anyways Goodbye!!