Asesino de minotauros y campeón de Atenas: El barco de Teseo y la guerra del Ático (Parte 5)

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.  The famous Calydonian Boar Hunt will be mentioned, but the main focus will be the Attic War; when Greeks fought the Amazons within the city of Athens.  We will learn of the wedding of Theseus and Antiope, but also discuss other versions where Theseus marries Hippolyta; as in Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.'  We will also learn of Penthesilea, future leader of the Amazons in the Trojan War.  The story of 'Hippolytus' will be discussed but not at great length.  Euripides' play 'Hippolytus' will be learned from a new perspective and we will explore the origins of this narrative.  Finally, at the end, students will learn about and participate in an ancient thought experiment; The Ship of Theseus, a.k.a. Theseus' paradox.
 Images and some video may be shared to help bring this story to life and I as the storyteller will use my theatrical background to make the tale memorable.  Class sizes are kept small to ensure students are given ample opportunity to interact with the teacher and each other.  Students are encouraged to speak freely but take care to not speak over each other.