Perseus and medusa storyboard

The monster medusa is a gorgon with a head full of snakes. Medusa made the gods and goddesses nervous because she could turn to stone anyone she looked. Now ask your pupils to storyboard their own version of the gorgon myth. Perseus with the head of medusa by benvenuto cellini.

Read the story to yourself a number of times first, and use the sheet as a prompt during the lesson the story is not meant for reading out to the children. Acrisius, the king of the argos, had only one daughter. The story begins when king polydectus sends perseus on a dangerous quest even though his mum didnt want him to go. Perseus with the head of medusa is a bronze sculpture made by benvenuto cellini in the period 15451554.

The story of perseus and andromeda derives from greek mythology and contains very deep wisdom on the interactions of male and female energy. One of the most known art work is the medusa shield. Perseus and medusa summary conclusion he saves andromeda from the dreaded sea monsters and takes her to his homeland of serifos. Adapted from the myths and legends of ancient greece and rome by e. Ask them to consider which part of the myth they would like to focus on medusa with her sisters. Paintings and sculptures of the moment of beheading or medusas portrait itself are famous all over the world. The real story of medusa may not be what you think it is. Apr 25, 2016 medusa is depicted in many movies, some in which she is just alluded to and others where she is a specific character. Two storyboards one to help children storyboard the story of perseus and medusa s head and one for them to plan their own myth on. Look only at medusas reflection through this, she warned, for anyone casting their eyes upon her hideous face will be instantly turned to stone. Medusa was asleep and perseus, using the reflection in athenas bronze shield as a guide so as to not look directly at the gorgons and be turned into stone, managed to cut off her head with his sickle. He was, alongside cadmus and bellerophon, the greatest greek hero and slayer of monsters before the days of heracles. Perseus and the legends of argos 549 gorgon and came bearing the head with hair of writhing snakes, for the islanders a stony death. A colourful re telling of the story which is replicated in a set of differentiated comprehension sheets.

He raises his sword, taking aim by looking at the monster through the reflection in his shield, and chops off medusa s head. Perseus, athena and head of medusa, apulian redfigure krater c4th b. A beautiful mortal, medusa was the exception in the family, until she incurred the wrath of athena, either due to her boastfulness or because of an illfated love affair with poseidon. In order to fully understand the tale of perseus and medusa, it is first necessary to tell the story of perseus birth. Perseus with the head of medusa the metropolitan museum. Perseus with the head of medusa the metropolitan museum of art. Perseus with the head of medusa is the famous statue by benvenuto cellini, found in florence in piazza della signoria, under the loggia dei lanzi, and one of the most important examples of italian mannerist sculpture. All storyboards are private and secure to the portal using enterpriseclass file security hosted by microsoft azure. Greek mythology heros journey of perseus storyboard. Strangely enough, medusas story doesnt end with her death. The story of perseus and medusa was an attempt to answer these questions. The myth of perseus and the medusa the story of perseus and the medusa is featured in the book entitled greek gods, heroes and men by caroline h. His mother was a mortal, a lovely princess of the greek citystate of argos.

The pythia smiled knowingly through the swirling vapours that rose from the chasm below. Perseus put medusa s head in a sack and when he finally made it home, he discovered that the quest had been a ruse to get him out of the way so that king polydectes could marry perseus mother danae. They discussed the tragic irony of the fact that perseus ends up killing his. Two storyboards one to help children storyboard the story of perseus and medusas head and one for them to plan their own myth on. As medusa s head flies from her body, pegasus, the winged horse, and chysaor, a giant with a golden sword, jump out of her neck. They gave him a shiny shield, a sword, a helmet and magic pouch. Oct 24, 2009 two storyboards one to help children storyboard the story of perseus and medusa s head and one for them to plan their own myth on. The song of achilles greek gods and goddesses, greek mythology, greek helmet, achilles. In this way, the hero perseus relies on logic athena to conquer and use wild primal energetic force, thus evolving into a true man. Perseus and medusa photo by nightowl on pixabay, perseus and medusa. He lived on seriphos with danae, his beautiful mother, easy on the eye.

The story begins on the island of seriphus, the home of perseus and his mother, danae. Make a storyboard which tells the events of the story. The story of how medusa was killed by perseus is one of the most thrilling stories in greek mythology. He raises his sword, taking aim by looking at the monster through the reflection in his shield, and chops off medusas head.

That is, a wondrous transformation occurs whereby the hero is carried from the netherworld of primal chaotic energy to the heavens. Crown lane primary school in london took inspiration from perseus turning phineas and his followers to stone. Perseus said i have to get the face of medusa on a plate what a silly boy said the magician. After slaying medusa, the winged horse, pegasus is born from medusa s blood. The greek gods gave perseus many gifts to help in his difficult quest. Hermes then handed perseus a very sharp sword, which he said belonged to zeus. Perseus is one of the greatest heroes of greek mythology. On the decimal island beyond the waves medusa is adding statues to. This powerpoint tells the ancient greek legend of perseus quest to kill the gorgon, medusa.

Greek heroes perseus perseus and medusa myth storyboard that. Perseus will bring the head of medusa to protect his mother from unwanted marriage. Like hercules, his father was the mighty zeus, king of all the gods. Medusa was one of the three gorgons, daughters of phorcys and ceto, sisters of the graeae, echidna, and ladon all dreadful and fearsome beasts. Her downfall came by perseuss hand, and she is one of the favorite monsters of greek mythology. The story, about perseus and his adventures, can be found below. Its a good thing, then, that perseus gets some help from the gods. During the whole thing, he uses athenas shield to see where he is going. Perseus used the head of the gorgon medusa and immediately transformed atlas into the mountain range in north west africa, the atlas mountains. The sculpture stands on a square base which has bronze relief panels depicting the story of perseus and andromeda, similar to a predella on an altarpiece. Storyboards for y3 myths perseus and childrens own. The adventures of perseus part 2 greek mythology ep. Anyone who looked in medusa s orange eyes would instantly turn to stone.

Nor is there any trace of an identification of him with the sun in genuine popular belief. Perseus was born to the god, zeus, and mortal woman, danae, making him a demigod with great strength and intelligent ingenuity. The metropolitan museum of art, new york, fletcher fund, 1967 67. Instead, this perseus is a cowardly and skinny kid. Perseus, in greek mythology, the slayer of the gorgon medusa and the rescuer of andromeda from a sea monster. Danae, medusa, gray women x 3, nymphsx 2, athena and andromeda. This engaging and detailed lesson enables students to gain a deep understanding of the greek myth perseus and medusa. I glanced over the story again when studying ovids metamorphoses in classics at school. Enraged, perseus swore by zeus that he would provide a wedding gift for polydectes, a terrible gift the head of the medusa. After slaying medusa, the winged horse, pegasus is born from medusas blood.

But zeus comes to her through a window in a shower of golden light and soon perseus is born. Perseus was the son of zeus and danae, the daughter of acrisius of argos. One of my favorites is the medusa story, sometimes referred to as perseus and the gorgon medusa. Perseus was the son of danae, daughter of acrisius the king of argos, and zeus. Perseus and medusa summary by ryan maclennan on prezi.

The story starts as perseus mother is imprisoned and re tells the events through to the death of his grandfather in argos. He takes the head of medusa to the kings court and while the king is surprised that he survived his quest perseus pulled out the head of medusa. Thanks to the opportunity provided by pg soft, we are able to create this cinematic trailer fully inhouse, from storyboard to final delivery. The myth of perseus and medusa is one of the best thrillerlike tales in greek mythology with a promising plot that gets more complicated as the story progresses, this myth has a typical hollywoodlike scenario with the main character not being born yet at the moment when his destiny was determined. See more ideas about medusa, clash of the titans and movies. The myth of perseus and medusa greek myths and greek. Learn more about the traditional story of perseus in this article. Perseus and medusa perseus has to find the gorgon medusa, kill her and bring her head back to the king. Pupils produced some excellent powerpoints, poems and comic strips. Danae found the king obnoxious and mean, she really did not want. Perseus sneaks up to medusa, the only gorgon who is mortal. Perseus, the son of the king of the gods zeus, is caught in a war between gods and mortals, in which his family are killed. No man may marry my mother without my word, for i am her only male relative.

Perseus knew he needed help so he went to a wise magician. She was usually represented as a winged female creature having a head of hair consisting of snakes. Perseus gets by with a little help from his friends. He would become one of the great heroes in greek mythology because of his ability to behead the monster, medusa. Perseus is the son of danae and zeus, and he made his. Through this dynamic pose, canova draws our attention to the sweep of perseuss idealized body, which is framed by a drape. This story is taking the myth of perseus and medusa and turning into a comedic version of what would happen if perseus wasnt brave and strong. With nothing left to lose, perseus gathers a war band to help him conquer the kraken, medusa and hades, god. He was the son of the argive princess danae who was locked away in a bronze chamber by her father akrisios acrisius who lived in fear of a prophecy that he would one day be killed by her son. Perseus cuts off medusas head in her sleep perseus swoops in on his winged sandals, cuts off medusas head, puts it in his magical wallet, and flys away with the help of his invisibilty cap.

Hercules was commanded by king eurystheus to steal the golden apples from the fabled gardens of the hesperides. He was brave in battle, a great speaker, and very quick thinking. Text only version acrisius eyes widened in horror as the ancient pythia priestess hissed, king of argos, listen well. Check out the full video, as well as the behindthescenes video here.

The hero wears a chiton, winged cap and high boots, and holds a sickleshaped blade harpe in his hand. Having studied the gory details of the myth, they were inspired to produce their own work to summarise the story. As medusas head flies from her body, pegasus, the winged horse, and chysaor. In doing so, students learn to interpret and infer the key elements of plot in texts, comment upon the key themes and plot ideas running through a text, and empathise with the firstperson perspective of a character.

Anyone who looked in medusas orange eyes would instantly turn to stone. Acrisius, scared that perseus will grow up to kill him, throws perseus. Medusa was once a beautiful maiden whose hair was her chief glory, but as she dared to vie in. Students in upper prep have been learning the myth of perseus and medusa in latin lessons. Apr 18, 2019 the full myth of perseus and medusa begins years before they battled. Perseus with the head of medusa by benvenuto cellini visit. Atlas facts and information on the greek titan who held. Medusa was strong and he turned anyone who looked at her eyes into stone. Perseus, one of the most famous of the legendary heroes of ancient times, was the son of zeus and danae, daughter of acrisius, king of argos. Perseus may be determined and pretty clever, but hes still young and inexperienced when polydectes orders the young man to bring him medusa s head. The story of perseus and medusa, as depicted in a storyboard, with. Medusa, in greek mythology, the most famous of the monster figures known as gorgons. Here, the mythological hero perseus triumphantly presents his trophy, medusas head, to the world. The god had impregnated the princess in the form of a shower of gold after her father had locked her away upon learning from an oracle that he would be killed by his grandson.

Storyboards for y3 myths perseus and childrens own teaching. Apr 17, 2018 the story of perseus and medusa, as depicted in a storyboard, with a comical modern twist. He beheaded the gorgon medusa for polydectes and saved andromeda from the sea monster cetus. The myth of medusa by christoper brian suhardjo issuu. He beheaded the gorgon medusa for polydectes and saved andromeda from the sea.

Dec 30, 2012 this story is taking the myth of perseus and medusa and turning into a comedic version of what would happen if perseus wasnt brave and strong. But as will be the case with many of my generation, the most. He is best known as the slayer of the gorgon medusa, a fearsome monster, and as the rescuer of the. I remember reading the story of medusa, or at least one version of it, in my fathers edition of bullfinchs mythology when i was a child. The only son of zeus and danae and, thus, a halfgod by birth perseus was one of the greatest heroes in greek mythology, most renowned for beheading the only mortal gorgon, medusa, and using her severed head capable of turning onlookers into stone as a mighty weapon in his subsequent adventures.

The myth of perseus and medusa was one the most powerful inspiration for many artists in the ancient times, but it hasnt lost its artistic significance to the present day either. Transformed into a vicious monster with snakes for hair, she was. The myth, then, cannot be used to prove that perseus was a sun god. The most famous story with medusa is where she meets the hero son of zeus, perseus. The locks of hair were writhing serpents, and out of the eyes glared such a look of hatred and misery that perseus could scarcely believe that this was a picture of the once beautiful mortal, medusa, who, because she had dared to compare her beauty and wisdom with that of athena, had been doomed by the angry goddess to live in a faraway. King polydectes tricks perseus into promising to bring back the head of medusa, one of the dreaded gorgons. As an educator and counselor, i often use tales from classic greek mythology as a way of relating common themes that speak to the human condition. Medusa lies behind him, beheaded with blood flowing from the raw stump of her neck. The gorgons head rests in a round sack kibisis slung across his shoulder. Polydectes, the king of seriphus, wishes to marry danae, and plots to get rid of perseus because he may object. Whispers ran through all the people in the temple who quickly began to leave for everyone knew that athena enjoyed watching over the people of athens and feared what might happen if the goddess had overheard medusas rash remarks. King midas is granted his wish for everything he touches to be turned to gold. Greek mythology lesson plan heros journey of perseus ordinary world. Milne senior research fellow, department of greek and roman art the attic redfigured vase illustrated opposite and on pages 128 and 129 was acquired by the museum last year.

Medusa the quest of perseus powerpoint teacher made. Perseus and the golden medusa transcript to printdownload pdf play next. Harding, published in 1906 by scott, foresman and company. The three gorgons, of whom only medusa was mortal, were of terrifying aspect, and those who looked upon their faces were turned to stone. This is the tale of the great perseus, legendary son of the mighty zeus. The most famous myth involving atlas is his role in the twelve labours of hercules. It is located in the loggia dei lanzi in the piazza della signoria in florence, italy. Perseus and the legends of argos oxford university press. Perseus demigod, son of zeus, battles the minions of the underworld to stop them from conquering heaven and earth.