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Cronus's Baby Bash!! How does this game connect to Greek Mythology?? Cronus's Baby Bash is a game where the contestants race against each other to find all of Cronus's kids. The object is to find all of his kids and bring them to Cronus before dinnertime. You don't want to feed Cronus a log or a horse because he will spit it out and you'll lose points! This ride connects to Greek mythology because in Cronus's story, he ate all of his kids because he was afraid they would overthrow him. His wife, Rhea, hid her last two children from Cronus. She did this by first saying she gave birth to a horse instead of a baby, and then for her last children, she wrapped a rock in a blanket and feed both of them Cronus. Rhea hid Poseidon and Zeus in a secret place where Cronus would never find them. Cronus had suspected once that Rhea hid some children from him but when he searched around, he could not find them. When Poseidon and Zeus got older, Zeus took on the role to defeat Cronus. He defeated Cronus and became the ruler.

 The Hundred Handed Swings How does this ride connect the Greek mythology???? The Hundred Handed Swing is a ride, that has, in the middle, the head of one of the Hundred Handed Giants. That is from the story, The Rule of Uranus. They came when Gaea and Uranus had a baby, the Hundred Handed Giants. The swings are made from the Hundred Hands coming from the head. Uranus sent the Hundred Handed Giants to the underworld because he thought that they were to powerful and would overthrow him.

 **Zeus's Grill** How does this restaurant connect to Greek mythology??? Zeus's Grill has many options in food, and they all connect to a specific person in Greek mythology. Since Poseidon was ruler of the ruler, he has all the sea food. For example, he has the Deadliest Catch and Shrimp. Hades was ruler of the Underworld so his foods are the Deep Dark Mini Sliders and the Dark Roast Beef Sandwich. Zeus was ruler of the sky so his foods are the Heavenly Hoagies. In Cronus's story, he ate all of his children, so his food is the baby eclairs.





Autumn S. The gift shop will be located in the center of the Theme park, and has a distinct feature from most of the gods. The Lightning Bolt and Thunder Hat are replicas of the gift that the Hundred Handed Giants and the Cyclopes gave Zeus when he help set them free. The Trident Sword is a replica of the gift that the Hundred Handed Giants and the Cyclopes gave Poseidon when he helped rescue them. The Golden Chariot is what Hades would ride around in. The Fire Pit is what was in the middle of the Throne Room, and its a replication of the fire Prometheus stole from Zeus to try and give the humans power. The baby doll is to represent Cronus's children that he ate so he would not lose his power. The cloud blanket and the sun lamp represent Uranus, because he is the god of the sky. The love potion soda represents Aphrodite's love potion that she used against other gods. The hundred handed back scratcher is a replication of the Hundred Handed Men's hands. The Perseus All-In-One Leather Bag is all the things that Perseus pulled out of the leather bag. The Minotaur toy is a toy that shows what a Minotaur looked like, and the Leaf Fan is made from Mother Nature's leaves to keep you cool in the heat.

The map shows the different areas of the park that we offer. There is a God/Goddess Story Section, the Hero Land, the Nature Land, and the Creation Story Section. Our theme park includes different rides, attractions, and restaurants. Our theme park is called Greek Adventures, and it fits every age group. We have a statue for each land, representing someone important from the gods and goddesses. Each of these lands connect to the center area, Mt. Olympus, where almost all of these gods live.

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The first attraction that I have in Hero Land is a Medusa slide. I included this slide because Perseus was one of the heroes that we studied and he was the one who defeated Medusa by cutting off her head. This slide has Medusa's head at the top with her snake hair coming out of it. All of the snakes are slides and when you climb to the top of her head you can choose what snake you want to travel down. This attraction is for people of all ages. I thought that the slaying of Medusa was important in the hero myths so I wanted to include something about her death.

The major ride in Hero Land is my 4-D Hercules ride. I included a ride about Hercules because he is one of the most famous heroes in Greek history. He is so famous that there was a movie made about him. I felt that it was important to include something major about him because he is the most well known and played a big part in Greek mythology. On this ride the people get to experience what he went through during the 12 labors when he was trying to become immortal. Hercules also was the only mortal to ever become immortal.

The last attraction that I have in Hero Land is the Theseus Cafe. I think that people should have a place to eat in all of the different parts of the park. I based the cafe on Theseus because he is the only hero that we studied that I did not have anything for. I included three entrees, three appetizers, three desserts, and two drinks in this cafe. My first entree is grilled bull with mashed potatoes. I included this because Minos needed a bull in order to become a king but Theseus got angry with him and turned the bull into a beast and made Paiphae fall in love with it. Later she bore a child with a bulls head and a human body. So I thought that since a bull is an animal and can be eaten I could include it on the menu. The mashed potatoes don't have any significance. I included the sword fish and chips and the fried Calamari because Poseidon is the god of the sea and he told people that Poseidon was his father because all of the people loved Poseidon and his mother wanted people to like her son. The bull fingers and french fries are there for children to eat and they have the same reasoning as the grilled bull. I included a leafy pine salad with raspberry dressing because when Theseus killed people he tied them to pine trees and ripped them in half. The salad represents the trees and the raspberry dressing represents the blood that was a result from the killing. The salad also is a vegetarian option. The mozzarella sticks have no significance to the myths and neither does the ice cream and soda. The red velvet cake for dessert represents all of the death that happened in all of the hero stories because in all of the stories people died. The red in the cake represents their blood and the deaths. The Baklava and the wine represent Greek culture. In Greek culture when the people go to church they drink the wine which signifies the blood of Christ and the Baklava is a Greek dessert that is eaten at special functions or parties. I included these things in my restaurant because all of the things that we have been studying are about Greeks and I thought it would be important to include some things that are still a part of their culture today. Mahnam S.

Nature Land because Nature was also a part in Ancient Greek. The goddesses for Nature are Demeter and Persephone. This land was made to tell you all the different things that happened in Ancient Greek. Nature Land is to teach and enjoy. There are many activities in Nature Land such as snowboarding or petting zoo. In nature Land there is a Season World. I have Season World because the seasons on earth depended on how Demeter felt and this was if Persephone her daughter was with her or not. Everything we have here relates back to Nature.