Herodotus and the Golden Sword

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Herodotus and the Golden Sword
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Herodutus and the Golden Sword

• Written by
• Kelly
• Parker
• Sidra
• Paul

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• Once upon a Greek time, there lived a young
  man named Herodutus. Herodutus was a tall dark
  and handsome twenty year old man. At a young age
  his father was taken away from him and died in
  the Peloponision War. After that, his mother
  remarried into a family of stuck-up aristocrats.

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• Herodotus worked outside and did all the cooking.
  One day a messenger dressed in a shiny
  gold cloak, brought a stone tablet with a golden
  ribbon on it, signifying that it was from a very
  rich aristocrat family. The stone tablet said,
  You are cordially invited to a symposium given in
  honor of our daughter Persephones twentieth
  birthday

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• Once Herodutuss stepfamily heard of this they
  loaded him down with work for the night. He had
  to wash the cloaks for his older brother Poseidon
  and polish his older brother Ottos shoes which
  were considerably large. When the work for the
  night was over he decided to go to the symposium
  in his rags.

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• All of a sudden, a flash of blinding light
  appeared,then he saw the spirit of his father
  approaching him. He learned that his father had
  become a god after his death. His father
  inherited magical powers when he became a god. He
  wanted this night to be the best night of his
  sons life. In order to do this he used some
  magic and made his son look like a rich
  aristocrat. For the final touch his father gave
  him a magical sword. The golden swords handle
  was imbedded with rubies and outlined in
  diamonds. The blade was made with gold plated
  silver. The sheath was made with the exact
  pattern as the golden swords handle.

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Meanwhile at Persephones birthday symposium
Persephone was bored by snobbish aristocrats who
tried to impress her with democratic stuff.
Persephone always thought if unfair that all her
wealth couldnt go to the helots. When Herodotus
entered the symposium his eyes immediately fell
on Persephone. Persephone was wearing a gold
cloak filled with diamonds. Herodutus went over
to her and they started talking. Before the night
was over they had fallen in love. Meanwhile
Persephones mother was talking to Poseidon,
Persephones future husband, and Papendreu her
future father-in-law. They
were making plans for Poseidons and Persephones
wedding. Later that night Persephones mother
brought Poseidon over to meet Persephone.
Poseidon saw that she was sitting with another
man. With a horror-stricken face he realized that
it was his step-brother Herodotus. He immediately
confronted him in front of everyone. He told
Persephone that he was only a lowly slave.
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• When her mother heard this she told him leave and
  never come back. He ran because he was so
  embarrassed. While he was running his sword fell
  , he was so hot with embarrassment that he left
  it. That night Persephone cried herself to sleep
  . In the morning a servant came in and showed her
  the sword. She sent some Helots out to search for
  the sheath matching in size and design.

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• When they reached Herodotuss house Papandreu
  sent Herodotus to his room knowing that the
  sword was his. But Herodotus was determined to
  see Persephone one more time thinking that she
  was there. Once again his fathers magic helped
  him. When the helots entered, the sheath
  magically appeared. They saw the sheath and put
  the sword inside and it fit perfectly.

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• Persephone and Herodotus were once again united.
  Persephone took Herodotus to meet her mother.
  They talked for a while and then Heredotus made
  his proposal. May I have your daughters hand
  in mine in holy matrimony .

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• The parents refused. Persephone and Herodotus
  pleaded until Persephones mother gave in and
  made an exception for Herodotus to do three
  impossible tasks to prove his love for Persephone.

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• The first task was to kill a moving canary in one
  shot. Herodotus mastered the task and killed
  three canaries instead of one. The second task
  was for him to shoot an arrow with a string
  attached to it across a snake pit and walk across
  it. He shot the arrow and started to walk across
  the snake pit.

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• All of a sudden he slipped and held on with
  his hands . Then he did a flip and continued to
  walk across the string . Then he finally made it
  across. Once he got off the string he saw in
  front of him his third task, a humongous bull.
  The bull charged at him but he dodged. He grabbed
  the bull and got on his back and twisted the
  bulls horns

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• until it fell dead.
• That was it but the parents of Persephone simply
  would not accept him into their family. They
  made excuse after excuse but finally they had to
  give in.

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• After all the preparations for the wedding
  had been made the wedding took place.Persephone
  was delighted. Persephone wore the same dress
  that she had worn the day she met Herodotus.

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• For refreshments they had, cheese grape leaves,
  figs, olives, very fine bread, seafood, and the
  absolute best wine you could get.

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• The wedding took place in an open air courtyard.
  Persephones hair was curled and then put in
  braids at the top of her head. At the wedding
  Herodotus and Persephone did a traditional
  wedding dance.

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• Finally it was time for the ceremony. After a
  tussle Herodotus threw Persephone over his back
  and carried her off and they lived happily ever
  after.

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The End
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Bibliography

• Robert Nicholson, Ancient Greece, Chelsea House
  Publishers, 1994 pg 10 19.
• Rachel Wright, Greeks, Franklin Watts, 1992
• Giovanni Caselli, A Greek Potter, Peter Bedrick
  Books, 1986
• Frank J. Frost, Greek Society, D.C. Health and
  Company, 1980 pg. 83-95

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Bibliography

• Anne Pearson, The Greeks?, Peter Bedrick Books,
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