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BORGARO PRIMARY SCHOOL class 4 A and 4 B Defassi school year 2008 – 2009 Ins Armand Elena Maria
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
