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Minotaur Slayer & Champion of Athens: The Ship of Theseus & Attic War (Part 5)
Class experience
US Grade 4 - 6
Adventurers in this class will discover the story of Theseus joining Hercules and facing the Amazons. During this journey, students will learn of events that help build up to the Trojan War. We learn of the parents of famous heroes from Homer's 'Iliad' like Telamon and Periboea, parents of Ajax the Greater, as well as Peleus and Thetis, the parents of Achilles. We will read straight from Plutarch's 'Parallel Lives' and learn how Athenians attributed the founding of Democracy to Theseus. ...
Students develop an appreciation of ancient literature and learn about Theseus, Aegeus, the Oracle of Delphi, Telamon, Periboea, Ajax the Greater, Peleus, Thetis, Achilles, Hesione, Laomedon, Podarces/Priam, Poseidon, Apollo, and far more. Etymology of words connected to these stories will be discussed. Information is sourced from Pseudo-Apollodorus' 'Bibliotheca', Euripides' 'Hippolytus', Herodotus' 'Histories', and Plutarch's 'Parallel Lives.' Further information is sourced from the works including, but no limited to, of Pindar, Sappho, Sophocles, and Homer.
Homework Offered
Be a hero.Assessments Offered
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Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
In the story of Hippolytus, a step-mother falls in love with a son-in-law then accuses that son-in-law of forcing himself upon her after he rejects her advances. Students will hear a new take on the story of my own design; where Phaedra loves Hippolytus like a mother, but Hippolytus angry she isn't his real mother, rejects this love. In anger over the years of disrespect, Theseus finally admonishes his son, and in turn, Hippolytus rides away in a fury on his chariot. With tempers raised and carelessness afoot, Hippolytus meets his death when he is startled by an apparition from Poseidon intended only to frighten, yet results in him being dragged to death by his chariot.
Pseudo-Apollodorus' 'Bibliotheca', Hyginus' 'Fabulae', 'Euripides' 'Hippolytus', Herodotus' 'Histories', Plutarch's 'The Parallel Lives'
I'm happy to share my passion for Greek Mythology, Shakespeare, Jules Verne, J.R.R. Tolkien, or explore and develop a student's interest in literature. As an actor, I've had the pleasure of exploring and performing in traditional Greek Theater,...
Group Class
$22
per classMeets once
55 min
Completed by 12 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 9-12
1-6 learners per class