Tuesday, May 19, 2015

The real maze and ship?

Is there any evidence that Greek mythology myths were real?


http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/greek-mythology/videos/odysseus-ship
These are good sources because the site has a lot of good reliable historical facts that teachers trust and use.


According to the myth, King Minos was cursed and his stepson was born as a monster, half bull half man, the minotaur. Minos was furious and made an evil plan. He turned to his inventor Daedalus and made an evil plan: the labyrinth. A prison without prison bars and it was so vast, that even the inventor Daedalus himself would barely be able to escape. Today, there is an ancient underground quarry that has winding passages 2 miles that has no patterns or anything. Locals say that this cave is eerily similar to a monster’s lair: the minotaur.  




In 1988, 2 scuba divers found an ancient vessel that is 60 feet long and 30 feet wide: the biggest ancient vessel ever found. The ship dates back to 500 B.C. within 2 centuries of the Odyssey. Researches compare to how the ship was build. The results were a perfect match, same way of how the ship was built described by homer.




Research Question: How did Greek Mythology end?

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