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Prince Theseus Returns

 

 

Prince Theseus of Athens has just arrived from the perilous journey in which we all expected the prince was not to return. This year was the year of the tribute to king Minos of Crete for the offence committed by prince Theseus’s cousins who killed the King of Crete’s oldest son.  This tribute happens every nine years. The tribute consisted of seven Athenian men and seven Athenian women who were to be sacrificed to the Minotaur a fierce man eating beast who Minos of Crete wanted to be rid of. Theseus told his father that he would rid the earth of this foul creation and free Athens from the iron fists of Crete.  Theseus tells us that he was treated with respect by the Cretan men and woman when he slayed the hideous beast.  On the way back Theseus

Told us that he had al little trouble getting home when he had to leave a beautiful lady stranded on a island after finding out that she was madly in love with him . Theseus 

classical myth one
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^{_{The Battle for Athens}}

^{_{It so happened that a city had caught the eye of two of the most powerful gods, Athena and Poseidon. The two were very fond of this city and each wanted to claim it as their own, of course only one god can own a city. They were very mad and wouldn't talk or look at each other, until Zeus decided that they should have a competition; each one was to give the best present they could to the city. Mighty Poseidon rose out of the water with his powerful trident and struck a nearby cliff, a water fall flowed down the hill and created a river. Of course like Poseidon's sea this water was salty and therefore useless to the people. Wise Athena gave the city an olive tree which she planted in the ground. At first the people thought it was just another tree. She told them that it could be used for food, shelter, firewood, and decoration. The people loved this present much better than their salty water, so they chose Athena for the protectress of their city. From then on Athena would love to sit in her temple on the plateau above her city, Athens.}}

 

the myths are alive
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this is Ares the god of war

2007-03-19