Theseus and the Minotaur - MVH
Who was the King of Athens?____________________ He wanted to prevent King Minos of Crete from attacking? _____________________
Aegeus/ Athens
Aegeus asked his son to switch the? ___________________sails of his ship with? ____________sails upon his return, if he had killed the?
black / white / Minotaur.
King Minos of Crete started a?___________with?_________________because his son, Androgeus, was killed by the?______________of the Greek region of Marathon.
war / Athens/ bull
A long time ago, on an island called Crete, there lived a king named?__________________
Minos
Greek mythology is a body of? _______________ called? __________________ concerning the? ________ and? ______________ _____________and? ________________ of the ancient Greeks.
stories /myths/ gods/heroes/rituals
The stories of myths are?____________________
fictional
The Minotaur was a monster that was half?____________ and half? ______________ He lived in the center of a? ___________(maze) on the island of?________________
human / bull / labyrinth / Crete
What was the name of the son of King Aegeus? __________________, who told his father that he was going to? _______________as the? ________________ to kill the?
Prince Theseus / Crete / Seventh boy / Minotaur
The Princess, Prince, and children sailed away and stopped for? __________________ on a small island called?______________________
supplies / Naxos
Princess Ariadne gave Theseus some? _______________and told him to trail it? _______________ him as he entered the? ________________ so he could find his way?____________________
string / behind / Labyrinth / back out
King Aegeus saw his son's black-sailed ship and feared that his son was? ___________ Aegeus plunged himself into the? ________________sea and? ____________
dead/ Aegean or Sea / Drowned/ Aegean
The King of Athens made a deal with Minos that? ____________________ he would send over?____________and? _____________________ as an? _______________ to the? ______________________
Each year / seven boys/ seven girls / offering / Minotaur.
King Minos' daughter, Princess? __________________ offered to aid? ___________________in his quest in exchange for? ______________________ on his ship to?_____________________
Ariadne / Prince Theseus / safe passage / Athens.
Theseus forgot to change the ship’s? _______________to? __________________ making King Aegeus believe that his son had been? __________________ by the Minotaur.
sails / white, / defeated or killed
The Princess left the ship and? ____________________ on the? _______________ Theseus gathered all the children and? _____________________ from the island towards? ________________ without the Princess
fell asleep / shore / sailed away / Athens