Transcript Theseus

The great Athenian hero
指導老師：薛梅
組員：海洋環境資訊系 林詩婷 b91840049
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Early life
Father:Aegeus,(king of
Athens)/Poseidon.
Aegeus went to Troezen and visit
Pittheus.
The oracle.
Pittheus had his daughter,
Aethra ,sleep with Aegeus.
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Early life
Before Aegeus return to
Athens.
Left sandals and a sword
under a large rock.
To send their son to him
if he can retrieve the
items beneath the rock.
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Early life
Theseus lifted with ease.
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Early life
" You must go by sea,
Theseus. It is the safer way,
for the roads are full of
evil bandits."
"I do not care for safety
and ease," said Theseus.
"How, then, could I prove
myself a hero?"
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Journey to Athens
Theseus' form of justice
was very effective: he
believed that what each
of the bandits had done
to others, Theseus must
do to the bandits.
Periphetes, a large man
with a club made out
from iron, who was bash
his victim head.
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Journey to Athens
Sinis, the so-called pine
bender, a strong man who
would kill the travelers
after he tighten them on
bend branches of pine
trees and let them go,
tearing the victim in two.
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Journey to Athens
Skiron, a giant man,
who was holding an
axe, forcing the passers
by to wash his feet, but
when his victims were
bending to wash them,
he would kick them
with his feet into the
sea.
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Journey to Athens
Procrustes had an iron bed ,fitting the bed.
Cut off their legs if they happened to be too long, or to
stretch them out if they were too short.
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Journey to Athens
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In Athens
Theseus arrival at Athens.
“I have an invitation for
you from King.”Aegeus.
He is giving a banquet
tonight in your honor.
Medea ‘s plan.
The poisoned wine.
Aegeus had Theseus
named heir to the throne
of Athens.
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The Minotaur
Mino’s son.
Every nine years, seven youths and
seven maidens to king Minos of Crete.
Minotaur:Minos' wife, Pasiphaë
(Pasiphae)and a bull
Architect Daidalos: the Labyrinth
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The Minotaur
Theseus volunteered to go .
Successful in his mission to change
the black sails of the ship with white,
in his return to Athens
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The Minotaur
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The Minotaur
Ariadne: daughter of the king.
“I have fallen deeply in love
with you. If you will promise
to marry me, I shall give you
something that will help you
find your way out of the
labyrinth.“
A ball of thread. She told him
to tie one end of the wool to
the entrance, unwinding the
wool as he walked.
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The Minotaur
Entered the labyrinth
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The Minotaur
Theseus killed the Minotaur
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Abandonment of Ariadne
Theseus stopped at the island of Naxos, where he
left Ariadne.
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Death of Aegeus
Forgot to change the black sails with the white ones.
When his father saw the ship entering the Cape of
Sounion with the black sails, he fell from the cliffs into
the sea and from that time the sea took his name,
Aegaeon.
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King of Athens
Theseus thus became king of Athens.
Theseus was made the King of Greece but he didn't
want to be the king because he felt that a people's
government where everyone would be equal would be
better suited for Greece.
He resigned his power and organized a commonwealth,
building a council hall where the citizens would gather
and vote. Theseus did keep the title of Commander in
Chief of Greece.
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Amazon
Fall in love with the Amazon Antiope(Hippolyta)brought
away , bore Theseus' child who was named Hippolytus.
After the birth of Hippolytus,
the Amazons came to
Greece to rescue her. They
invaded Attica and some say
they made it as far as Athens
itself but were defeated by
Theseus' army. Antiope who
fought at the side of her
husband Theseus was killed.
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Battle scene of the Amazons
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Pirithoüs
Pirithoüs stole herd of cattle from Theseus' land.
Theseus pursued him until Peirithoüs turned
around, to confront the Athenian hero.
They admired one another's courage.
“I will submit to any penalty you impose.You be
the judge."
"The friendship.All I want is for you to be my
friend. "
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Wedding of Peirithoüs & Hippodameia
In the marriage of his friend Peirithoüs with Deiadameia,
guests were also the Centaurs, who after getting drunk
became insolent by laying hands on the women of the
Lapiths. Theseus and Perithous killed many of them on
the spot and the rest defeated in a battle later and driven
out of the country.
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Wedding of Peirithoüs & Hippodameia
Theseus and Perithous
killed the Centaurs
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Underground
Pirithoüs who had lost his
wife, to marry again.
At first, they went to Sparta,
where they kidnapped the
beautiful Helen and then went
to Hades to take Persephone.
But Pluto tricked them and
made them sit on the throne
of Lethe, where it was
impossible to escape.
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Underground
Theseus was lucky,
because soon after
Hercules descended to
Hades and set him free.
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Phaedra
Theseus married
Ariadne's sister,
Phaedra, the daugher
of King Minos of
Crete.
She bore him two
sons: Acamas and
Demophon.
Disaster
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Hippolytus
Hippolytus: son of Theseus and Antiope
Theseus had sent his son to Troezen, where the youth was
brought up by his grandfather.
A hunter,worshipped the goddess Artemis and ignored
the love-goddess Aphrodite. Hippolytus preferring to
remain chaste, like the goddess he worshipped.
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Hippolytus
Punishment: Aphrotide
caused Phaedra to fall
madly in love with her
stepson.
At first, Phaedra tried to
hide her feeling for her
husband's son. But she
could not hide her
feeling from one of her
loyal servant. She was
slowly wasting away
from longing.
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Hippolytus
When Phaedra did try to seduce Hippolytus, he
rebuked her, telling her that she was married and she
belonged to Theseus. Stung by Hippolytus' rejection,
she hanged herself.
The letter stated and falsely accused Hippolytus of
trying to rape her. In her shame, she committed
suicide.
He called upon Poseidon and laid a curse upon
Hipploytus.
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Death of Hippolytus
As Hippolytus drove his chariot along the road, Poseidon
frightened Hippolytus' horses, causing him to crash his
chariot. Hippolytus was mortally wounded.
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The truth
The goddess Artemis appeared to Theseus. Artemis
told Theseus that the letter his wife had written was
false.
Hippolytus was not only innocent; it was Phaedra
who tried to seduce his son.
Artemis told Theseus, it was not entirely his false,
and that Aphrodite had plotted against his son.
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Death of Theseus
Theseus was assassinated in the island of Skyros, by
his friend king Lykomedes, who threw him off the
cliffs.
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The end
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