Mrs Chrysa's digital class E1

Daedalus and Icarus

One day there was a king (King Minos) and said to Daedalus to make a labyrinth to put in one of the most scaryed and dangerous creatures.When Daedalus finished the labyrinth the king locked Deadalus and his son Icarus in a very big tower, because Daedalus knew how you could get out of the labyrinth.Then they made wings of wax and feathers to flyew out of the tower.When they flew in the air Icarus flew near to the sun and then melted his wings melted and fellt in the sea.

The statue of Icarus is at Karaiskaki square in Athens.

Hercules and the Snakes

Hercules was born in Thiva.His father was Amphitryon and his mother was Alcmene.But according to the myth,his real father was Zeus.This made the goddess Hera very angry and she decided to kill Hercules.

One night she sent two large snakes to his baby cot to choke him.While Hercules was sleeping,the two snakes came near him.Suddenly,he woke up,grabbed the snakes and killed them.

Then everybody thought that the baby Hercules had a divine power!!!!!

THE HORSES OF DIOMEDES

In Thrace, lived one of the sons of Mars, the king Diomedes.He had four horses named Podagros, Lampon, Xanthos and Dimos.

They had copper jaws and they ate people.Diomedes had  them tied but every time when someone unfortunate was shipwrecked at the shores of his kingdom, he gave him  to the horses to eat him.

Eurystheus sentded  there Hercules. He won Diomedes and he  and he took the horses to Mycenae.

Trojan horse.

In Greece we have many myths, one of them is the Trojan horse.

The Trojan horse was made by Odysseus and was a wooden horse that the Achaeans had written: a gift of the Achaeans to Athena.The reason they made it was to fool the Trojans and understand it as a gift of goodwill and peace, but in fact it hid the most important Greek fighters. The Trojans put the Trojan horse inside and the fighters left came out late at night. tThey opened the gates, called him the rest of the army and began to  make the country their own. destroy/invade Troy.Today when we say the phrase Trojan horse we mean that someone come with cheating may look good or beautiful but he really wants to harm or destroy.

This myth is very well known and I really like it.

DEMY KONTOMANOLI

Sirens

The Sirens lived in Anthemoess.They had the body of bird and a female head. The Sirens were creatures of the sea. They were very beautiful and soang beautifully. With charming song sirens magic lured seamen and destroyinged them. Kirki told to Odysseus about the Sirens and he put candle wax in his seamen's ears. But he tied himself on the mast and listeninged to their songs. Odysseus listened to the song and wasn't magic lured. with her song.

DOMINIKOS THEOTOKOPOULOS – “EL GRECO”

Dominikos Theotokopoulos was known as El Greco, that is "The Greek". He was a Cretan painter, sculptor and architect of Spanish Renaissance.  

self - portait of Dominikos Theotokopoulos

He was born in 1541 in Heraklion of Crete. His father George Theotokopoulos was a tax officer and merchant. For his mother there is no information. He had an older brother Manouso. El Greco trained as an icon - painter and since 1563 he became a proffessional painter.

In 1567 he moved to Venice for to continue his studies and in 1570 he moved to Rome. In Rome El Greco came face to face with the intense competition.

In 1577 El Greco moved to Spain. He first settled in Madrid and later in Toledo a city that was then the religious and political centre of Spain. There he created some of the most famous works of his mature period and experienced the establishment gained recognition. He died on April 7, 1614

SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS WORKS

the words El Greco used to sign his paintings

View of Toledo, Metropolitan Museum or art, New York

Modena Triptych, Galleria Estense Modena

The Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, National Gallery London

Christ carrying the Cross, Metropolitan Museum of art New York

The Disrobing of Christ (El Espolio), Sancristy of the Cathedral Toledo

The Dormition of the Virgin, Holy Cathedral of the Dormition of the Virgin, Hermoupolis Syros

STEVE JOBS

Steve jobs was born in San Fransisco, USA, in on 24 February of 1955 and he died in on 5 October of 2011. His parents were very young, so,he was adopted by Paul Jobs, who was a mechanic, and Klara Jobs, who was an accountant.

From a very young age, he could assemble radios and TV's and at his  the age of 16 he met Steve Wozniak. Toghether they created bluebox, a device with which they could make phone pranks at the Vatican and all over the world. Woz had an idea! To create a keyboard and combine it with a screen. They used Steve's father garage and they started making the first Apple computers. Their logo was a bitten apple because he was very poor at the time and ate only apples. He became so rich, that he bought PIXAR movies and he got married to Lorin Powell Jobs. They had 3 children.

He became famous by Apple, I-pad, I-pod and with PIXAR movies.He died, unfortunately, of cancer in Palo Alto in 2011. When I get older, I want to do a similar job with Steve.

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the silent era. He is mostly famous for his screen persona "the tramp". Born on April 16, 1889 in London, Chaplin is considered one of the most important figures in the history of the film industry. He had been a productive and creative film maker for about 75 years before he died in 1977.

Born 16 April 1889 England, died 25 December 1977 aged 88 Switzerland.

His Parents Hannah, the daughter of a shoemaker,  a brief and unsuccessful career under the stage name Lily Harley,  while Charles Sr., a butcher's son, was a popular singer.

Chaplin suffered from poverty and hardship in his childhood. He was sent to a workhouse twice before the age of nine. His mother struggled financially when his father was absent. When he was 14, his mother was sent to a mental asylum.

Chaplin's first performances were at music halls as a stage actor and comedian at the age of 19. He went to the USA where he was scouted for the film industry, and began appearing in 1914 for Keystone Studios. He soon developed the Tramp persona and formed a large fan base. Chaplin directed his own films from an early stage, and continued to hone his craft.. By 1918, he was one of the best known figures in the film industry.

Chaplin wrote, directed, produced, edited, starred in, and composed the music for most of his films. He was a perfectionist, and his financial independence enabled him to spend years on the development and production of a picture.

In 1919, Chaplin co-founded the distribution company United Artists, which gave him complete control over his films. His first feature-length was:

The Kid (1921),

A Woman of Paris (1923),

The Gold Rush (1925),

and The Circus (1928).

In the 1930s, Chaplin refused to move to sound films. He produced instead:

City Lights (1931)

and Modern Times (1936)

Both without dialogue.

Later his films became more political by producing , The Great Dictator (1940) where he satirized Adolf Hitler.

The 1940s were a decade marked with controversy for Chaplin, and his popularity declined rapidly. He was accused of communist sympathies, while his involvement in a paternity suit and marriages to much younger women caused scandal. An FBI investigation was opened, and Chaplin was forced to leave the United States and settle in Switzerland.

Charlie Chaplin abandoned the Tramp in his later films, which include Monsieur Verdoux (1947), Limelight (1952), A King in New York (1957), and A Countess from Hong Kong (1967).

In 1972, as part of a renewed appreciation for his work, Chaplin received an Honorary Academy Award for: "the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century".

Leonardo Da Vinci

Occupation: Artist, Inventor, Scientist

Born: April 15, 1452 in Vinci, Italy

Died: May 2, 1519 in Amboise, Kingdom of France

Famous works: Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, The Vitruvian Man

Style/Period: High Renaissance

Leonardo da Vinci was an artist, scientist, and inventor during the Italian Renaissance. He is considered by many to be one of the most talented and intelligent people of all time. The term Renaissance Man (someone who does many things very well) was coined from Leonardo's many talents and is today used to describe people who resemble da Vinci.

Leonardo was born in the town of Vinci, Italy on April 15, 1452. Not much is known about his childhood other than his father was wealthy and had a number of wives, Piero da Vinci, and a peasant woman, Caterina was his parents. About the age of 14 he became an apprentice to a famous artist named Verrocchio. This is where he learned about art, drawing, painting and more.

Leonardo da Vinci is regarded as one of the greatest artists in history. Leonardo excelled in many areas including drawing, painting, and sculpture. Although we don't have a lot of his paintings today, he is probably most famous for his paintings and also gained great fame during his own time due to his paintings. Two of his most famous paintings, and perhaps two of the most famous in the world, include the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.

Leonardo's drawings are also quite extraordinary. He would keep journals full of drawings and sketches, often of different subjects that he was studying. Some of his drawings were previews to later paintings, some were studies of anatomy, some were closer to scientific sketches. One famous drawing is the Vitruvian Man drawing. It is a picture of man who has perfect proportions based off the notes from the Roman architect Vitruvius. Other famous drawings include a design for a flying machine and a self portrait.

Many of da Vinci's drawings and journals were made in his pursuit of scientific knowledge and inventions. His journals were filled with over 13,000 pages of his observations of the world. He drew pictures and designs of hang gliders, helicopters, war machines, musical instruments, various pumps, and more. He was interested in civil engineering projects and designed a single span bridge, a way to divert the Arno River, and movable barricades which would help protect a city in the case of attack.

Many of his drawings were on the subject of anatomy. He studied the human body including many drawings on muscles, tendons, and the human skeleton. He had detailed figures of various parts of the body including the heart, arms, and other internal organs. Leonardo didn't just study the human anatomy either. He also had a strong interest in horses as well as cows, frogs, monkeys, and other animals.

The term Renaissance Man means someone who is good at everything. Leonardo is considered to be the ultimate Renaissance man.

Some people claim he invented the bicycle.

He was very logical and used a process like the scientific method when investigating a subject.

His Vitruvian man is on the Italian Euro coin.

Only around 15 of his paintings are still around.

The Mona Lisa is also called "La Giaconda" meaning the laughing one.

Unlike some artists, Leonardo was very famous for his paintings while he was still alive. It's only recently that we've realized what a great scientist and inventor he was.

Τzeni Karezi

Evgenia Karpouzi known as Tzeni Karezi was a famous Greek film and stage actress.She was born in Athens on 12 January 1932 and died from cancer on 27 July 1992. Her father was a mathematician and her mother was a high school teacher.

She studied acting in the Drama School of the Greek National Theatre.I n 1954, she started to work as a stage actress close to popular personalities like Alexis Minotis, Katina Paxinou and Melina Merkouri.In 1955, she acted in her first film called "Laterna, Ftoheia & Filotimo".In 1967, she met the actor Konstantinos Kazakos and married him.They had a child.

Tzeni Karezi made a fabulous career!!!She starred in many popular  films such as "Manto Mavrogenous","Tzeni...Tzeni","Mia trelli,trelli oikogeneia","I Hionati & ta 7 gerontopalikara","Despoinis Diefthyntis" and "Ta Kokkina Fanaria".Also,she appeared on stage in great plays like "Who's afraid of Virginia Wolf?","Medea" and "Electra".