Chapter 2 Theseus
Theseus 忒修斯，希腊神话中的英雄，传 说中最伟大的雅典国王。
Aegeus 埃勾斯，雅典国王，忒修斯的父 亲。爱琴海因他而得名。
Minotaur 弥诺陶尔，克里特岛米诺斯国 王迷宫中的怪兽。
Ariadne 阿里阿德涅，米诺斯国王的女 儿，曾帮助忒修斯走出迷宫。
Celebrity’s Biography
Chapter 1 Perseus
Perseus 柏修斯，宙斯和达那厄的儿子，杀死蛇发
女妖美杜萨的希腊英雄。
Danae 达那厄，阿耳戈国王的女儿，柏修斯的母亲。
神喻说达那厄生的男孩子会杀死国王（他的外祖 父），国王下令将女儿关进地窖。宙斯化为黄金雨 同她幽会，生柏修斯。后来柏修斯果然误杀自己的 外祖父。
Polydectes 波吕得克忒斯。追求达那厄的国王，
恶毒地派柏修斯去取美杜萨的头。
Medusa 三位蛇发女妖之一，有美女的面孔 但总是皱着眉头。谁看见她就会变成石头。
Hesperides 赫斯珀里德斯，看守金苹果园 的众仙女。
Andromeda 安德洛墨达，埃塞俄比亚公主， 被柏修斯搭救后成为柏修斯的妻子。
Cepheus 刻甫斯，埃塞俄比亚国王，安德洛 墨达之父。
Cassiopeia 卡西俄珀亚，安德洛墨达之母。
Danae in the golden rain by Titian
Perseus with the head of Medusa in his hand，Marble in Rome.
Medusa
Perseus and Andromeda
Perseus and Andromeda
Perseus and Andromeda
Questions
Who was Perseus? How did he escape from death when he was a child?
Who was saved and then married by Perseus?
Why Andromeda was chained to a rock to be eaten by a monster?
Why everyone loved Andromeda and came to take part in her wedding?
This chapter tells the story of Theseus, the great hero of Athens. The story goes from his birth to his death.
He was born far away from Athens. When he grew up he came to Athens to meet his father Aegeus. He then set out for Crete to kill the terrible monster Minotaur. With the help of Ariadne, the lovely daughter of King Minos, Theseus not only killed Minotaur but went out of the labyrinth as well. He and the girl fell in love with each other, but according to the will of the Fates, Theseus had to leave Ariadne on a small island to be the wife of Dionysus, the god of wine.
Who were Gray Sisters? Can you give a description about them?
Who were Hesperides? What help did they give to Perseus?
Who were Gorgons? Who was Medusa? Can you describe her in your own words?
Who wanted to marry Perseus’ mother Danae? What’s his name?
What a job did the king Polydectes ask Perseus to do for him?
With whose help did Perseus succeed in fulfilling his task?
Who was killed accidentally by Perseus? Do you think the old king could escape from being killed by his grandson?
What’s the meaning of the Greek saying “what had been fated came to pass”?
How did Perseus get Medusa’s head without being changed into a stone?
Who was saved and then marrius get Medusa’s head without being changed into a stone?
Missing the girl very much, he forgot to hoist (forgot raising) the white sail while he sailed back to Athens. His father mistook the black sail for the message of his son’s death and had himself plunged into the sea and was drowned. From then on, the sea was named as the Aegean Sea after the old king’s name Aegeus.