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The Labyrinth and the Minotaur

2017-18

Classics Year 9

Date Due

Oct. 16, 2017

Additional Info

Please read the cartoon strip of the legend of King Minos and the Minotaur.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/11vqu4hb3via5s8/Theseus%20and%20the%20Minotaur.pdf?dl=0

Then, read this account of the legend.

https://www.greekmyths-greekmythology.com/myth-of-theseus-and-minotaur/

TASK 1:

Construct your own storyboard of this myth in a double page of your exercise book, writing a proper title 'The Legend of the Minotaur', and then dividing your double page into six or eight sections, one for each part of the storyboard.

It is up to you which aspects of the myth you illustrate.

Each illustration should be accompanied by a brief written explanation.

TASK 2:

Please read this article.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/architecture/has-the-original-labyrinth-been-found-1803638.html

Then, on a new page of your exercise book with the title 'Site of the Labyrinth', draw a line down the middle to create two columns; one for 'Knossos' and one for 'Gortyn'. What evidence (from your previous study of the Minoans and also from this article) points to the labyrinth located in each of these locations? Fill the columns with evidence from both sides, writing neatly and skipping lines between each point. Finally, write a structured, PEA paragraph to summarise where YOU think the labyrinth was located.