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Linking to our learning, we would like you to have a go at drawing a minotaur this week. Follow the step by step guide and have a look at this online tutorial: https://

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Now you have finished your main sketch, rub out any unwanted lines so that you

can no longer see the original shapes and guidelines.

Can you add some shading to your

Minotaur?

Go deeper by getting creative and designing your own maze for a family member to complete. You could draw the maze on paper like the one above or go the next level and build a maze using craft materials—cereal boxes, toilet roll tubes, sellotape etc. are great materials to get you started.

Find the key words from the story of Theseus and the Minotaur in the word search below:

Hydra The hydra was a fearsome monster from Greek Mythology. It was a giant snake with nine heads. The problem was that if you cut one head off, more heads would quickly grow back. Hercules slew the hydra as one of his Twelve Labors.

Chimera The chimera was a giant monster that was a combination of many animals including a goat, lion, and snake. It was an offspring of Typhon. The Chimera was feared throughout Greek mythology as it could breathe fire.

Cyclopes The Cyclopes were one-eyed giants. They were famous for making Zeus his thunderbolts and Poseidon his trident. Odysseus also came into contact with a Cyclops while on his adventures in the Odyssey.

Greek mythology is a collection of stories originally told by the Ancient Greeks to make sense of the nature of the world and to share tales of the lives and activities of the Ancient Greek gods. Scattered throughout these stories, there are many weird and wonderful, terrifying and terrific creatures and beasts.

There are many hundreds of stories of Greek heroes who came face-to-face with (and defeated) dastardly monsters, just like Theseus and the Minotaur.

Read about some of the most well-known beasts below to get some inspiration for your own marvellous monster.

Pegasus Pegasus was a beautiful white horse that could fly. Pegasus was the horse of Zeus and the offspring of the ugly monster Medusa. Pegasus helped the hero Bellerophon to kill the chimera.

Medusa Medusa was a type of Greek monster called a Gorgon. She had a woman's face, but had snakes for hair. Anyone who looked into Medusa's eyes would be turned to stone. She was once a beautiful woman, but was turned into a Gorgon as punishment by the goddess Athena.

Centaurs The Centaurs were half-man half-horse creatures. Their upper half was human, while their lower half had four legs like a horse. In general, centaurs were loud and vulgar. However, one centaur named Chiron was intelligent and skilled in training. He trained many of the Greek heroes including

It’s time to get creative! Lots of Ancient Greek monsters were made up of a combination of different real world creatures, making them easy to imagine and all the more believable.

Your task is to design your own Ancient Greek monster. Will they be a mixture of monsters?! Half-man, half-octopus?! Will they be on the side of the good gods or working for evil? Will they have any special abilities or powers? It’s entirely up to you.

Draw your monster and write a short paragraph to describe them.

Going deeper… There are many, many more mythological monsters to discover. Why not go away and do your own research to discover more brilliant beasts?