Teachers in charge of managing this activity: Linda Alexopoulou, Theodoro Tomaras, Lore Guillen and Estibaliz Vivanco.

With the help of Dr. Van Helsing, last school year we found the 9 monsters that are hidden in the Museum of Artistic Reproductions of Bilbao: Alcyoneus, Medusa, Erichthonius, Porphyrion, Giant 1, Giant 2, Porces, Chariboea and Python. 

We also elaborated a Van Helsing guide to the museum where we analyze the mythological beings that appear in friezes and sculptures from an artistic point of view.

Artworks that represent monstruous beings in the museum.

1-Altar of Zeus at Pergamon

East frieze: Athena (being crowned from behind by a winged Nike) slaying Alcyoneus the Giant  by means of king Erichthonius in the guise of a snake (200-150 B.C.).

Image created for the project.

Interactive image created for the Van Helseing guide.

East frieze: Zeus fighting 3 giants with eagles and lightning bolts.

Image created for the project.

Interactive image created for the Van Helseing guide.

2-Laoocon and his sons: Plaser copy of the groop of Laoccon and his sons (27-42 B.C.). The original is kept in the Vatican Museums.

Image created for the project.

Interactive image created for the Van Helseing guide.

3-Apollo Belvedere: Plaster copy of the Apollo Belvedere, beauty paradigm of ancient Greek sculpture. This sculpture is an interpretation of a Greek statue.

Image created for the project.

Interactive image created for the Van Helseing guide.

Challenge in the museum

There are nine hidden monsters in the Reproductions Museum of Bilbao: Alcyoneus, Medusa, Erichthonius, Porphyrion, Giant 1, Giant 2, Porces, Chariboea and Python. Do you dare to look for them? Good luck!!!

Instructions

1. Get together with your international teammates  according to this document.

2.Every time you find one of the 9 monsters, you take a photo of it and a member of the group uploads it to the padlet writing the following information: group number and name of the mythological creature.

Here you have the padlet qr:

International teams from Ekpaideytiria Krotoni, IES Miguel de Unamuno BHI and IES Ellacuria-Zurbaran BHI lookin for the monsters in the Bilbao Reproductions Museum (26/10/2021)