The Four Adventures

Introduction The Four Great Adventures are made up of PhaethonPegasus and BellerophonOtus and EphialtesDaedalus These men were all believed to have been on a great challenge, whether it be against another man,a monster, a God/Goddess or even themselves. The myths are told by puppets in the following slides.

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Phaethon

PhaethonPhaethon seeks out the Sun god to find out if he is his father or not. The Sun God is his father. While the Sun God and Phaethon are talking, Phaethon asks his Dad if he can drive the chariot. The chariot is what the Sun God drives everyday to make sure the sun rises into the air. The father replies with a no. Not because he is worried that his son will mess up the chariot, but because he is worried for his son. The horses that lead the chariot are trained to kick off anyone that is not the Sun God. Phaethon doesn’t listen to his father and ends up stealing and driving the chariot. The horses do kick him off. Phaethon starts to fall to his death. He ends up catching on fire while falling. Making his death even more horrible. After he dies, he becomes a tree, thanks to some certain Gods and Goddesses.

Phaethon

Phaethon

The MotherPhaethon Phaethon’s Father

Pegasus & Bellerophon

Pegasus and Bellerophon

Bellerophon was a brave, strong man. A woman named Anteia fell in love with him. He didn’t feel the same way towards her. He went to the market and saw a Pegasus. As soon as he saw it, he knew he had to have it. He had to complete a small quest in order to get this creature. He had to stay the night in the Athena temple and if he stayed the entire night he would be rewarded. He stayed the night and he now owned the Pegasus. Anteia was still angry at him. She made him go on 3 quest. The first was that he had to defeat the Chimaera. Part lion, part, goat and part snake. He was able to defeat the beast. Thanks to the Pegasus. He just rode the horse and shot arrows that were on fire at the monster. The next two challenges were to fight to different types of warriors. He was able to do this easily again because of the horse. Anteia didn’t challenge him anymore. Bellerophon and Pegasus could now do whatever they wanted. They tried to go on more adventures but found out that they were very different. They ended up drifting apart and separtating.

Pegasus and Bellerophon

Pegasus and Bellerophon

Bellerophon

Pegasus

Anteia

Chimaera

Amazons

Solymi

Otus & Ephialtes

Otus and EphialtesThey wanted to have power, and authority over the Olympians. They wanted to prove that they were superior.They imprison Ares, the God of war. The Olympians not wanting to use force decide to send a fellow God, Hermes to free Ares. Hermes went in the night and silently freed him, without Otus and Ephialtes knowing. Otus and Ephialtes found out. They still wanted to overthrow Olympus. They were now saying that they would stack mountain atop of mountain so they could see Olympus and have access to it. Zeus was now tired of their plans and their attempts. He was about to throw a lightning bolt at them when Poseidon came and begged Zeus to not harm his sons. Poseidon said he would talk to his sons and ee to it that they would stop disobeying. Poseidon did talk to his sons and his sons listened. But Otus and Ephialtes now had new goals and plans. Otus loves Hera and Ephialtes loves Artemis. Their new plan is to capture one of them. They roll a pair of dice. They read the dice. They are to capture Artemis. They start to search for her. Artemis lures them. She is on the beach when she is found. Once she starts being chased she races over the water knowing that she will be chased. All sons of Poseidon can run over water. She soons get to an island and stops there. Otus and Ephialtes also stop there. She hides on the island. As Otus and Ephialtes search for her, they seen a beautiful animal. They watch this beautiful animal. They are so entertained by this animal, they didn’t notice Apollo, Artemis brother behind a tree. Apollo is able to get them to throw their spears, and somehow as they pick up their spars they hit each other. The two brothers killed each other.

Otus and Ephialtes

Otus and Ephialtes

OtusEphialtes

AresHermes

Zeus Poseidon

Artemis

Creature Apollo

Daedalus

DaedalusDaedalus created the Labyrinth. It was made so that no one could escape, but when a group of Athenians escaped, King Minos blamed Daedalus saying that he had help them out. As a punishment the King trapped Daedalus and his son in the maze. Daedalus knew they couldn't by foot. He created a pair of wings. One for him and one for his son. He told his son not to fly to close to the sun or the wings will melt and he will fall to his death. They started to fly. Daedalus's son forgot his dad's warning and flew next to the sun. He died. Daedalus was grief-stricken. He went to the town Sicily. The King was there and was upset that he escaped. So he gave Daedalus a new challenge. Daedalus got through the challenge without a problem. The King gave him another challenge. At the end of the contest the King was slain.

Daedalus

Daedalus

Daedalus King Minos Daedalus’s son

Closing In the end, these gods or goddesses have all faced a challenge. It was believed against a king, monster, man, or god/ goddess. They all kind of learn a lesson and it tells a great story. Hope ya’ll enjoyed!

Credits: Haley Estudillo- Some Editing, Speaking, and DaedalusAriadna Garza- Ephialtes, SpeakingEvelyn Flores- Phaeton, SpeakingAllison Dozier- Films, Recording, Editing, Otus and Ephialtes

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