Book 6 Flashcards
What was Arachne’s skill
She was a weaver of wool.
Why did Minerva visit Arachne.
Because Arachne was boasting that she was more skilled than Minerva.
In what form does Minerva visit Arachne and why?
In the form of a crone, to get Arachne to speak against Minerva.
What contest did Arachne challenge Minerva to?
A weaving contest
What did Minerva depict in her tapestry?
The gods in a dispute about naming the land—4 transformations
What transformation in first corner of Minerva’s tapestry?
Hameus and Rhodope, to mountains for calling each other Jove and Juno
What transformation in 2d corner of Minerva’s tapestry?
Queen of pygmies transformed int a crane by Juno
What transformation in the third corner of Minerva’s tapestry?
Transformation of Antigone into a stork for competing with Juno
What transformation in 4th corner of Minerva’s tapestry?
Daughters of contras turned into temple steps
What was Minerva’s tree on border of her tapestry
The olive tree
What was depicted on Arachnes tapestry
Lewd acts of the gods and transformation they used to commit them
Who made the better tapestry
It was not revealed, but it was inferred that Arachne won the contest
What was the outcome of the weaving contest?
Minerva was beating Arachne, who tried to hang herself to escape, but Minerva turned her into a spider.
What fate did Minerva curse the spiders to?
To hang suspended forever and spin their webs.
Who are Latona’s children?
Apollo and Diana
Who was Niobe’s husband?
Amphion
How many children did Niobe have?
7 sons and 7 daughters
What did Niobe do during the procession for Latona?
She convinced followers to worship her instead, claiming she was closer to a goddess
Who is Niobes father?
Tantalus
What ultimate insult invoked Latonas revenge?
She insulted Latonas children
Who carried out the revenge on Niobe?
Apollo and Diana
What happened to Niobes 7 sons?
Apollo killed them in a surprise attack with arrows
What happened to Amphion?
He killed himself in his grief over his seven sons.
Did Niobe regret her pride and ask the gods for mercy?
No, she boasted about her 7 daughters.
What happened to Niobes 7 daughters?
Latonas children killed them with arrows as they were grieving for their brothers.
What happened to Niobe as she was grieving the death of her family?
SHe turned to stone with a stream running down and was removed to her native land.
Who was Latona fleeing from with her newborn babies?
Juno
When Latona reached Lycia, what did she do to the peasants who refused to let her drink from their pool?
Turned them into frogs
What was the Marsyas river in Lycia, created by?
By the tears of the Lycians for satyr that Apollo flayed to death when he lost a piping contest.
Who did the Thracian king Tereus marry?
Procne, daughter of the king of Athens
What ill omens were at the wedding of Procne and Tereus?
The wedding was attended by the Furies and a screech owl roosted on their bedroom roof
Who was Procne’s sister?
Philomela
What happened when Procne sent her husband Tereseus to fetch her sister for a visit?
He desired her, so he abducted her and raped her instead.
What does Tereseus do to Philomela when she threatens to tell on his crimes against her.
He cuts out her tongue.
What does Tereseus tell his wife about Philomela.
That she died in the voyage
What does Philomela do while locked away by Tereseus?
She wove the story of what Tereseus did into a tapestry and sent it to her sister.
How does Procne respond to what her husband did to her sister?
She goes into a rage and goes in disguise to free her sister from where she is being held captive
What revenge does she take on her husband?
She kills their child and feeds it to him.
What do the Furies transform Procne, Philomela, and Tereus into?
Birds: nightingale, swallow, and hoopoe TV
Who was the father of Procne and Philomela?
King of Athens, Pandion
Who fell in love with Orithyia?
The god of the north wind, Boreas
What delayed the suit of Boreus for the Athenian princess?
The hatred for Thracians that came from the north after what was done to the daughters of Pandion
How did Boreus respond to the delay in his suit for Orithyia?
He became angry and showed his power, deciding to use force and abduct Orithyia
What was the result of the union between Boreus and Orithyia
They had twin boys.
What was special about the sons of Orithyia and Boreus, Zeres and Calais
When they grew up, they grew wings and feathers like birds, and joined the quest for the Golden Fleece
