Theseus and the Minotaur Y5
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- Slide: 1
- Background
- After years of attacking the city of Athens, King Aegeus of Athens made a deal with King Minos of Crete not to attack Athens for 9 years in exchange for 7 boys and 7 girls to be eaten by his bloodthirsty beast - the Minotaur, who was half-man and half-bull.
- Slide: 2
- Background
- Theseus, Son of King Aegeus, was wanted to end this pact and save the people of Athens. He's plan was to be one of the 7 boys that went to Crete so that he could kill the Minotaur. Although King Aegeus was worried he may never see his son again, he knew he couldn't stop him.
- Slide: 3
- Build up
- Later that day, Theseus climbed into the ship alongside 13 panic-stricken children. The journey to Crete was smooth and, before long, the had arrived.
- Slide: 4
- Build up
- When the boat pulled up to the shore, they were greeted by King Minos and his daughter Ariadne. Desperate to escape her father's anger, Ariadne offers to help Theseus defeat the Minotaur by giving him a ball of string to help him find his way out of the labyrinth, if he takes her away with him.
- Slide: 5
- Dilemma
- With the ball of string trailing behind him, Theseus set of to find the Minotaur in the labyrinth that no one had ever escaped from. He searched through narrow, dim passages until, at last, he was face to face with the beast.
- Slide: 6
- Resolution and Conclusion
- The Minotaur was stronger but Theseus was quicker and smarter. After a mighty battle, Theseus emerged victorious: the Minotaur had been defeated. He traced the string out of the labyrinth and kept his promise to Ariadne. As they boarded his ship, he hoisted the sails and headed for home.
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