BORGARO PRIMARY SCHOOL

class

4 A and 4 B Defassi

school year 2008 – 2009

Ins Armand Elena Maria

English History and Art Lab

MYTHICAL BEASTS

of Greece and Rome

versione digitale

The ancient world (Greece and Rome)

is full of mythical beasts and monsters

These creatures are in Greek and Roman

mythology magical stories

You can find mythical beasts and monsters in

ancient books poems

sculptures and paintings.

Scylla is a sea monster. She has got three rows of teeth and twelve feet. She has got a dog with twelve heads. She lives in a cave. Charibdis is a violent whirpool.

SCYLLA and CHARIBDIS

BASILISK

He is a snake. He has got the head, the feet and the wings of a cock.

He has got the tail of a dragon. He has got a crown on his head. He looks at you and you are dead: run for your life!

A basilisk stare

CYCLOPS

He is a very violent, enormous giant. He has got only one eye

in the middle of his forehead.

She has got wings and claws. She has got snakes on her head. You look at medusa and you are a stone.

MEDUSA

She is noisy, dirty and dangerous. She is half woman, half bird.

A woman who nags a lot

HARPY

He is half man, half bull. He lives in the famous Labyrinth

built by king Minos. He eats innocent young people.

MINOTAUR

He has got the head of a bird (a falcon or an eagle). He has got the body of a lion.He has got two wings and pointy ears.

GRIFFIN

He is a horse He has got a long single horn in the middle of his forehead

UNICORN

CERBERUS

He is a dog. He has got three heads He keeps the entrance to the Underworld.

He is extremely scary!

He or she has got the head of a man or a woman. He or she has got the body of a lion

He or she has got wings

SPHINX

CENTAUR

He is half man, half horse

She is a lizard. She can live in fire

SALAMANDER

She is a bird She is 500 years old

She builds a nest, she sets it on fire and from the ashes a new phoenix rises

PHOENIX

HIPPOCAMP This is not a camp for hippos! He is a sea creature,

half horse and half fish

He is a horse. He has got two big white wings He can fly

PEGASUS

He is half man, half goat He has got two little horns

on his head He has got pointy ears.

PAN

MANTICORE

He has got the body of a lion and the head of a man He has got six rows of teeth in his mouth. He has got a long tail

She has got the mouth of a lion: she can breath fire She has got the head of a goat in the middle of her back.

She has got the tail of a snake A fantastic dream

CHIMERA

Bibliografia

John Harris Mythical Beasts – British Museum Press Notes from Natural History Museum of London www.bbc.co.uk www.pppst.com www.Britishmuseum.uk www.english-heritage.org.uk www.usborne.com www.britishcouncil.com www.kizclub.com www.getty.edu.uk