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1、TheLegendOfTheseusMAINCHARACTERSWhois…TheseusSaidtobethegreatestAthenianhero,Theseusdevelopedquiteareputationthroughhismanyadventures,thatasayingfamoussayingcameoutofit,“nothingwithoutTheseus.”HewasthesonoftheAthenianKing,Aegeus.Theseusspenthisyouthinsouth
2、ernGreecewithhismother.Oncehegrewuptobebigandstrong,heliftedtherockhisfatherhadplacedoveraspecialswordandshoes,andthenlefttofindtheKing,andgainstatusofaheroasquicklyaspossible,andthereforechosetotakethemoredifficultandmonsterriddenpaththroughthemountain.He
3、iswellknownforkillingthelegendaryMinotaur,whoyouwillhearaboutlater.Whois…MedeaTheheroineoftheGoldenFleeceQuest,andAegeus’spersonalsorcerer,itwasherideatopoisonthecupTheseuswoulddrinkoutofatthebanquet,whichfailedwhentheKingrecognizedtheswordwhocouldhavebeen
4、nooneelsebuthisson,andrightfulheirtothethrone.Whois…KingAegeusofArgosFatherofthereveredheroTheseus,helefthischildandwifeearlyon,butnotbeforeleavingsomeshoesandaspecialswordcoveredbyamassivestone.Ifheweretohaveaboy,whogrewuptobebigandstrong,andcouldmanageto
5、removetherockhewouldthentraveltotheKing’scourtandhewouldrecognizethesword,whichwouldtellhimthatitisindeedhistruesonandfutureheirtothethrone.PowerfulrulerofCrete,whoseson,Androgeus,wasvisitingtheAthenianKing.AegeushadsentAndrogeusonamissionofextremedangerto
6、killahorriblebull.QuitetheoppositehappenedandMinossonwassenttoamostcertaindeath,andbitthedust.Minos,enraged,invadedthecountry,anddemandedthateverynineyearssevenmaidensandsevenservantsbeofferedasasacrificetotheminotaur,orhewouldrazethecity.WHERE’SMINO?!Mino
7、taurisacruelmonsterthatishalfhuman,halfbull,theoffspringofMino’swifePusiphae,andawonderfullybeautifulbull.Thiswaspunishmentfromthesea-godPoseidonwhogaveMinoabulltoofferassacrifice,whichinsteadhekeptasapet.Insteadofkillingthebrutalcreature,MinoaskedDaedalus
8、,agreatarchitectandinventor,tobuildaplacewherethemonstercouldliveyetneverescape,andbeabletofeastonhelplessprey.MINOTAURWhois…AriadneMinosdaughter,AriadneinstantlyfellinlovewithTheseuswhenshesawhimbeingtakento
