ELA vocab Flashcards
promethean
relating to Prometheus who helped humans by stealing fire and getting punished by the gods.
means brave original creative.
Elysian fields
Heaven or paradise
Originally came from the paradise to which heros on whom the gods conferred immortality were sent.
pyche
soul or consciousness
Achilles heel
a weakness or point of vulnerability
arachachnid
spider
harp
to talk in a negative way
gorgon
a firce fritening or repulcive woman
Narcissistic
vain
extremely self-centered
titanic
having a great magnitude force or power
Midas touch
the ability to make money out of anything one undertakes
Connection in the myth king midas got a wish granted so whatever he touched turned to gold
tantalize
Tantalize– To tease someone with something out of reach of them
connects to mythology because tarantulas when he was punished were given the curse of not being able to reach and grasp onto things he is trying to reach and get.
Sisyphean
A neverending event or action
Apollo & Daphne
Apollo falls in love with Daphne, but she wishes to remain a maiden. As Apollo chases her, Daphne’s father, a river god, takes pity on her and turns her into a laurel tree.
Prometheus
Prometheus steals fire from the gods for mankind. Zeus is furious and has him chained to the Caucasus mountains where an eagle tears out his liver each day and it regenerates each night. Eventually, Hercules frees him.
- Persephone & Demeter
Persephone, daughter of Demeter (goddess of the harvest), is kidnapped by Hades to the Underworld. Her mother mourns her absence by making the earth cold and barren. Persephone is eventually released, but each year she must return to Hades for one month for each pomegranate seed she ate. During this time the Earth suffers through winter.
- Cupid & Psyche
Cupid and Psyche fall in love and marry, but he will only visit her at night, and she is not allowed to see him. One night, she drips candle wax on him while trying to peek. Psyche is sent away, but eventually, they are reunited.
- Theseus slays the Minotaur
Theseus, in order to prove himself, convinces his father to let him fight the Minotaur, a creature with the body of a man and the head of a bull. He kills it with the help of Ariadne. Theseus forgets to hoist the white sail of victory on his journey home, so his father kills himself.c
- Daedalus & the Flight of Icarus
Icarus and his father, Daedalus, try to escape King Minos’s labyrinth on the island of Crete by constructing wings made of feathers and wax. Despite his father’s warnings, Icarus flies too close to the sun, causing his wax to melt. He plummets to his watery death. (Icarian Sea)
- Echo & Narcissus
Echo, a nymph who angered Hera, can only repeat the last words someone utters. She falls in love with Narcissus, a beautiful man who also falls in love with himself. Echo wastes away except for her voice . Narcissus wastes away staring at his own reflection in a pool and becomes a white and purple flower. (Narcissistic)
8 King Midas
As a reward for a good deed, King Midas requests the golden touch. He immediately regrets this destructive gift when he can’t eat, sleep, or hug his daughter. He begs to be returned to normal, and he is after a visit to the River Pactolus.
- Perseus & Medusa -
Athena transforms Medusa into a gorgon, a woman with snakes for hair who can turn men into stone with a glance. Medusa is later killed by Perseus who is aided by winged sandals from Hermes and a shield, invisible helmet, and bag from Athena.
- Contest of Athena & Arachne
Arachne is a skilled but vain weaver who claims to be superior to Athena. They begin a weaving competition during which Arachne mocks the gods. Athena turns Arachne into a creature able to spin thread forever - the first spider! (Arachnid)
- Atalanta
Female hero who was abandoned by her parents at birth and raised by a bear. Participates in the famous Calydonian bear hunt and other great adventures. Offers to marry anyone who can outrun her, but anyone who tries and fails she will aim her arrows at.
- Artemis & Actaeon -
- Actaeon witnesses Diana (Artemis), the goddess of hunting, the moon, and virginity, bathing in the woods. She is so upset that she turns him into a stag, and his own dogs devour him as punishment.
Death of Achilles (Achilles’ heel) -
Achilles’ mother dipped her baby in the waters of immortality, but she held him by his heel. No arrow or weapon could harm him until Paris shoots him in the heel during the Trojan War.
- Sin and labors of Hercules -
In a fit of insanity caused by Hera, Hercules kills his family and must perform 12 labors to earn the forgiveness of the gods. These seemingly impossible tasks take him many years to complete, but he succeeds with the aid of Hermes and Athena. His success earns him the reputation of a great hero.
Medea & Jason -
A vengeful sorceress, Princess Medea helps her husband, Jason of the Argonauts, capture the golden fleece. When Jason leaves her and marries another, Medea gives his new wife a cloak that sets her on fire. She is sent to live in exile and loses her powers.
- Hermes -
Hermes, messenger, and god of mischief, steals cows from Apollo and cleverly hides their tracks with brooms. He eats one of the cows, and, to appease Apollo, he makes the lyre for him.
- Orpheus and Eurydice -
Orpheus, the son of Apollo and Calliope, ventured down to the Kingdom of the Dead to retrieve his dead wife, Eurydice. Hades agreed to free Eurydice on one condition – Orpheus was not to look back at his wife on the walk to Earth. When they were almost home, Orpheus looked back and lost his wife forever.
- Tantalus -
Because Tantalus abuses his privilege of sharing the food of the gods, Zeus punishes him in Hades. Although parched and famished, Tantalus is not allowed to reach the fruit or water that surrounds him. (Tantalizing)
- Bellerophon & Pegasus -
Bellerophon, a demigod that tames Pegasus, is sent to kill the Chimera, a fire-breathing monster with the body of a lion, dragon and goat. Later, Bellerophon flies Pegasus to Mt. Olympus to visit the gods. They are angered and send a gadfly to sting Pegasus causing Bellerophon to endure a crippling fall.
Perseus and Andromeda -
On his way home from beheading Medusa (with the help of Athena and Hermes’ gifts), Perseus spots Andromeda chained to a rock awaiting a gruesome death by a sea monster. Perseus rescues Andromeda and is rewarded with her hand in marriage.
Pygmalion -
Famous sculptor who falls in love with one of his own creations. He prays to Aphrodite to send him a woman just like the statue he has created. Will she or won’t she?
Pyramus and Thisbe
These young neighbors are deeply in love and plan to run away together. Their secret meeting goes terribly wrong when Pyramus arrives and, spotting Thisbe’s bloody veil, thinks a lion has devoured her. He kills himself, and when she discovers what has happened, she joins him in death. The berries on the mulberry tree remain red in their memory.
Labyrinth
is a maze
who did pandora look like
looked like Aphrodite
why was the jar important in pandoras box
the jar was important because it gave curiosity to Pandora and Zeus told her never to open it, but Pandora was wanting to take a peek to see all the bad creatures come out and killed all the mortals but pandora was quick to close the jar that she kept hope inside.
who is Zeus
Zeus is a god of everything and lighting
Prometheus helped who
humans by stealing fire
why was Zeus associated with lightning
leader in the skies
most powerful
explains the unexplainable
who was Zeus parents
cronos and rhea
what did Zeus dad do to his kids
ate them
rhea tricked his kids by
giving him a rock
how was zues smiller to his dad
both wanted power
what was harnnes lighting mean for zues
all power and everything
