Chapter 6 of Edith Hamilton Flashcards
What mortal woman was said to be even more beautiful than Venus?
Psyche
Because of what beautiful woman did people stop worshipping Venus?
Psyche
Because of Psyche, what goddess’s temples were neglected, her altars foul with cold ashes, and her favorite towns deserted and falling in ruins?
Venus’s
Who was the son of Venus who she told to shoot an arrow at Psyche?
Cupid
What did Venus want Cupid to do to Psyche?
shoot her with an arrow to make her fall in love with the most vilest man
What oracle did Psyche’s father go to to ask about advice on how to get Psyche a good husband?
Apollo’s oracle (at miletus)
What did Apollo’s oracle advise Psyche’s father?
To leave her on a rocky hill alone dressed in mourning and a winged serpent would take her away to be his wife
Who, carried away by a gentle west wind…
Psyche
Who was waited on by formless voices?
Psyche
When her sisters asked her about her husband, what did Psyche tell them?
That he was a young man who was currently away on a hunting expedition
What did Psyche’s sisters convince her of?
That her husband was a monster who would devour her
What woman was told that she may never see what her husband looked like?
Psyche
What did Psyche do after her sisters told her that her husband was a monster?
She lit a lamp to look at him
What awoke cupid as psyche was looking at him?
Hot oil from the lamp
Who, awoken by a drip of hot oil…
Cupid
What was the first task Venus gave Psyche?
to sort a pile of grain before nightfall
Who helped psyche sort the grain?
ants
What was the second task Venus gave psyche?
To fetch wool from the sheep
Who helped psyche get the wool?
a talking reed
What did the talking reed advise psyche?
to get the wool hanging in the bushes when the sheep were asleep
What was the third task psyche was instructed to complete?
to fetch water from the styx
Who helped psyche retrieve water fro the styx?
an eagle
What was psyche’s fourth task from Venus?
to collect some of Proserpina’s beauty
Who helped psyche get Proserpina’s beauty?
a talking tower
After she opened the box of Proserpina’s beauty, what happened to Psyche?
she fell into a death like sleep
Who did Cupid ask to approve of his marriage to Psyche?
Jupiter
Before the death of the lovers, what color were the mulberries?
white
Where did Pyramus and Thisbe live?
Babylon
What couple who lived in Babylon…
Pyramus and Thisbe
Who was queen of Babylon?
Semiramus
Discovering a crack in the wall, what couple…
Pyramus and Thisbe
Where did Pyramus and Thisbe plan to meet up?
The tomb of Ninus
Who was the first to make it to the tonb of Ninus?
Thisbe
Scared away by a lion, what woman fled the tomb of ninus?
Thisbe
Fleeing because of a lion, who dropped her cloak?
Thisbe
Seeing the bloody cloak of his lover, what man assumed his lover to be dead?
Pyramus
Who killed himself after assuming that a lion had killed his lover?
Pyramus
Finding her lover dead, what woman killed herself?
Thisbe
Why did Pyramus kill himself?
He thought thisbe was dead
What did Pyramus do when he found out Thisbe was dead?
killed himself
After Pyramus and Thisbe died, what color did the mulberries turn?
blood red
Who invented the flute?
Athena
Who invented the lyre?
Hermes
Who was given the lyre after Hermes invented it?
Apollo
Who invented the reed pipes?
Pan
What mortal was the greatest musician?
Orpheus
Where did Orpheus grow up?
Thrace
What musician sailed with Jason on the Argo?
Orpheus
Who played the lyre, drowning out the sound of the sirens?
Orpheus
How did Eurydice die?
a snakebite
Who was Orpheus in love with?
Eurydice
The dog Cerberus relaxed his guard, the wheel of Ixion stood motionless, Sisiphus sat at rest upon his stone, Tantalus forgot his thirst, for the first time the faces of the dread goddesses, the Furies, were wet with tears….
Orpheus
The song of what man caused action in the underworld to halt?
Orpheus
Under what condition could Orpheus have Eurydice back?
That he would not look back at her as she followed him
Why did Orpheus visit the underworld?
to get Eurydice back
Who wandered through thrace playing his lyre with only trees as companions?
Orpheus
What man was attacked by Maenads and torn limb from limb?
Orpheus
Whose head was thrown by maenads into the river Hebrus?
Orpheus’s
Into what river was Orpheus’s head thrown?
the hebrus
Who found Orpheus’s severed head?
the muses
What son of Lucifer…
Ceyx
What Thessalian king…
Ceyx
What daughter of Aeolus…
Alcyone
Where was Ceyx journeying?
Delphi
How did Ceyx die?
He drowned
Who did Alcyone pray to?
Juno
In what land does no cock crow, no watchdog breaks the silence, no branches rustic in the breeze, and no clamor of tongues disturbs the peace?
The land of the cimmerians
What goddess trails across the sky in a rainbow curve?
Iris
Who did Juno order to ge Somnus to send Alcyone a dream?
Iris
What son of Somnus…
Morpheus
Who did Somnus send to tell Alcyone her husband was dead?
Morpheus
Who appeared to Alcyone in the form of Ceyx to tell her he was dead?
Morpheus
After what mythological character are the Halycon days named for?
Alcyone
What general type of animal were Alcyone and Ceyx turned into?
Birds
What sculptor of Cyprus…
Pygmalion
What woman hater…
Pygmalion
What cyprian man resolved never to marry?
Pygmalion
Who fell in love with a statue he created?
Pygmalion
What goddess turned Pygmalions statue into a real woman?
Venus
What was the name of Pygmalion’s statue?
Galetea
Who was the son of Pygmalion and Galetea?
Paphos
What phrygian couple…
Baucis and Philaemon
determined to find out how hospitable humans were, what two gods wandered through Phrygia?
Jupiter and Mercury
After knocking on hundreds of doors, what couple’s house did Jupiter and Mercury arrive at?
Baucis and Philaemon’s
Whose mixing bowl never ran empty with wine?
Baucis and Philamon’s
What creature did baucis and Philaemon attempt to serve the gods?
Their goose
what was Baucis and Philaemon’s house transformed into?
A temple
What wish did Baucis and Philaemon ask for?
to serve in the temple and then die together
When they died, what did Baucis and Philaemon become?
Oak and Linden trees
Who did Selene fall in love with?
Endymion
Who sleeps forever on mount Latmus?
Endymion
What goddess of the moon loved Endymion?
Selene
What woman, said to be the first love of Apollo…
Daphne
What daughter of Peneus…
Daphne
Who was the father of Daphne?
Peneus
Who chased Daphne?
Apollo
What was Daphne transformed into to escape Apollo?
a laurel tree
What tree symbolizes Apollo
the laurel tree
Where was the sacred Spring Arethusa located?
Ortygia
What goddess was Arethusa a follower of?
Artemis
Who chased Arethusa after she bathed in the river?
Alpheus the river god
Praying the Artemis, what was Arethusa transformed into?
A spring
Who transformed Arethusa into a spring?
Artemis
