characters Flashcards
Who is Plato? from what story?
-Allegory of the cave
-Greek philosopher
-Student of Socrates
Who is Socrates? from what story?
-Allegory of the cave
-teacher of plato
-greek philosopher
Who is Pyramus? from what story?
-Pyramus and thisbe
-the lover of thisbe
Who is Thisbe? from what story?
-pYRAMUS AND tHISBE
- the lover of Pyramus
Who is Pallas? from what story?
-Arachne
-Pallas is also known as Athena
Who is Arachne? from what story?
-Arachne
She is known by her spectacular weaving skills.
-She was turned into a spider by Athena
Who is Hades? from what story?
-Death and Proserpine
-God of the Underworld and death
Who is Eros? from what story?
-Death and Proserpine
-also known as cupid
-greek god of carmel love
Who is Venus? from what story?
-Death and Proserpine
-also known as Aphrodite
-Goddess of beauty and love
Who is Persephone (Proserpine)? from what story?
-Death and Proserpine
-Goddess of springtime
-queen of the underworld
-Daughter of Zeus and Demeter
-She rules the souls of the dead
Who is Demeter? from what story?
-Death and Proserpine
-Also known as
Ceres
-Olympian goddess of harvest
-Mother of Persephone
Who is Cyane? from what story?
-Death and Proserpine
-fresh water nymph
-helps Ceres and Persephone
Who is Orpheus? From what Story?
-Orpheus and Eurydice
-He was a bard and a demigod which means he was half human and half god.
-he could make anyone fall in love with him because of his grateful singing and playing of the lyre
Who is Eurydice? from what story?
-Orpheus and Eurydice
-the wife of Orpheus
- She died by stepping on a venomous snake on her wedding day
