Our 3 Greek Myths

Aries was the God of war, and often known as Ares. Aries was known for his lust for blood, his chaotic nature, and his thoughtless aggression. Greek mythology Aries often had a quick temper and was prone to jealous outbursts. He lusted afterAphrodite, the goddess of love, and eventually lost her to Adonis, the most beautiful man in the world. Not accepting defeat (as a god of war shouldn't I suppose), he turned himself into a boar and killed Adonis.

Aries (Greek mythology) was also father to the famous Amazon women of the Doiantian Plain. These hardy warrior women were some of the most brutal warriors in all of mythology. Ironically, their mother was Harmonia, the goddess of harmony and concord. I guess they took after their father.

Jason was the son of the lawful king of Iolcus, but his uncle Pelias had usurped the throne. Pelias lived in constant fear of losing what he had taken so unjustly. He kept Jason's father a prisoner and would certainly have murdered Jason at birth. But Jason's mother deceived Pelias by mourning as if Jason had died. Meanwhile the infant was bundled off to the wilderness cave of Chiron the Centaur. Chiron tutored Jason in the lore of plants, the hunt and the civilized arts. When he had come of age, Jason set out like a proper hero to claim his rightful throne.

Medusa was the daughter of Phorkys and Keto, the children of Gaea(Earth) and Oceanus (Ocean). She was one of the three sisters known as theGorgons. The other two sisters were Sthenno and Euryale. Medusa was the only mortal out of the three.

She was originally a golden-haired and very beautiful maiden, who, as a priestess of Athena, was devoted to a life of celibacy; but, being wooed by Poseidon, whom she loved in return, she forgot her vows, and became united to him in marriage. For this offence she was punished by the goddess in a most terrible manner. Each wavy lock of the beautiful hair which had so charmed her husband, was changed into a venomous snake; her once gentle, love-inspiring eyes now became blood-shot, furious orbs, which excited fear and disgust in the mind of the beholder; whilst her former roseate hue and milk-white skin assumed a loathsome greenish tinge. Seeing herself thus transformed into so repulsive an object, Medusa fled from her home, never to return. Wandering about, abhorred, dreaded, and shunned by all the world, she now developed into a character, worthy of her outward appearance. In her despair she fled to Africa, where, as she passed restlessly from place to place, infant snakes dropped from her hair, and thus, according to the belief of the ancients, that country became the hotbed of these venomous reptiles. With the curse of Athene upon her, she turned into stone whomsoever she gazed upon, till at last, after a life of nameless misery, deliverance came to her in the shape of death, at the hands of Perseus

Story Telling - 5 Different Ways

• Narration, for example Joseph and the Technicolor Dream Coat
• This is good because it tells the audience exactly what is happening and it's easy to add detail. This is an  good technique to use when telling stories to children as it's easy to understand.

• Movement/ Physical Theatre, for example Café Müller by Pina Bausch
• This is an interesting and contemporary way of telling a story and often has no speech but only noises such as screaming and breathing. This is a good way of focusing more on the emotions than the speech and creates a more powerful performance. 

• Dance, for example Swan Lake
• This is similar to movement and physical theatre except it is more disciplined and choreographed. Instead of directly telling a story  it portrays the feelings of the characters through movement and body language and lets the audience's imagination do the rest. 

• Acting, for example Lord of the Flies
• This technique is the most traditional for telling a story on stage. It is effective because it brings to life the characters people have only imagined and is a very realistic way of telling the story, making it more relatable.

• Singing/Musical, for example Phantom of the Opera or Les Misérables
• This is an old fashioned way of telling a story which focuses on singing to create the story. It makes it more interesting as the characters are not just speaking but is not appealing to all audiences.