Bible/Mythology Flashcards
Brothers who protected sailors and soldiers, they were eventually transformed into the constellation Gemini.
Castor and Pollux
Who survived Zeus’s flood?
Deucalion & Pyrrha
Who was Prometheus and what was his sentence?
He was a titan that helped Zeus and created humans. For loving and helping humans so much, Zeus sentenced him to suffering. Prometheus knew who the mother of Zeus’s son who would dethrone was.
Pandora
Created because mankind was given fire. She was very curious in some versions while evil in others.
Ferried the deceased in underworld?
Charon
Wisest centaur
Chiron
Played the lyre; son of one of the Muses and a Thracian prince
Orpheus
Which couple wished to die together?
Baucis and Philemon
Which of these beings are associated with the winds? A
Aeolious and zephyr
Eternal Bliss where?
Elysian Fields
She was once a mortal princess whose extraordinary beauty earned the wrath of Aphrodite
Psyche
Captained the Argonaut and was on the quest of the golden fleece
Jason
Who fell asleep forever?
Endymion
Who created the wax wings and designed the labrynth?
Daedalus
Who flew too close to the sun?
Icarus
Who was permitted to travel to the Underworld to save his wife?
Orpheus on the condition that he did not look back at her, Eurydice, but he failed.
Who did Pygmalion fall in love with?
Valetaya, a statue of a woman
Who was raised from the dead?
Lazarus
A prophet; thrown into a lions’ den because he prayed to his God against the express command of the king
Daniel
Daniel
A prophet; thrown into a lions’ den because he prayed to his God against the express command of the king
Condemned for destruction because of their wickedness
Sodom and Gomorrah
What did Zeus come to Europa as?
As a white bull
What is Eros the god of?
Eros was a god not simply of passion but also of fertility.
Why did Jason seek the golden fleece?
Pelias
