ELA vocab

Question 1

promethean

Answer 1

relating to Prometheus who helped humans by stealing fire and getting punished by the gods.
means brave original creative.

Question 2

Elysian fields

Answer 2

Heaven or paradise
Originally came from the paradise to which heros on whom the gods conferred immortality were sent.

Question 3

pyche

Answer 3

soul or consciousness

Question 4

Achilles heel

Answer 4

a weakness or point of vulnerability

Question 5

arachachnid

Answer 5

spider

Question 6

harp

Answer 6

to talk in a negative way

Question 7

gorgon

Answer 7

a firce fritening or repulcive woman

Question 8

Narcissistic

Answer 8

vain
extremely self-centered

Question 9

titanic

Answer 9

having a great magnitude force or power

Question 10

Midas touch

Answer 10

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

Question 11

tantalize

Answer 11

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.

Question 12

Sisyphean

Answer 12

A neverending event or action

Question 13

Apollo & Daphne

Answer 13

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.

Question 14

Prometheus

Answer 14

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.

Question 15

3. Persephone & Demeter

Answer 15

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.

Question 16

4. Cupid & Psyche

Answer 16

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.

Question 17

5. Theseus slays the Minotaur

Answer 17

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

Question 18

6. Daedalus & the Flight of Icarus

Answer 18

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)

Question 19

7. Echo & Narcissus

Answer 19

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)

Question 20

8 King Midas

Answer 20

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.

Question 21

10. Perseus & Medusa -

Answer 21

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.

Question 22

11. Contest of Athena & Arachne

Answer 22

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)

Question 23

12. Atalanta

Answer 23

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.

Question 24

13. Artemis & Actaeon -

Answer 24

• 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.

Question 25

Death of Achilles (Achilles’ heel) -

Answer 25

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.

Question 26

15. Sin and labors of Hercules -

Answer 26

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.

Question 27

Medea & Jason -

Answer 27

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.

Question 28

17. Hermes -

Answer 28

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.

Question 29

18. Orpheus and Eurydice -

Answer 29

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.

Question 30

19. Tantalus -

Answer 30

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)

Question 31

20. Bellerophon & Pegasus -

Answer 31

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.

Question 32

Perseus and Andromeda -

Answer 32

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.

Question 33

Pygmalion -

Answer 33

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?

Question 34

Pyramus and Thisbe

Answer 34

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.

Question 35

Labyrinth

Answer 35

is a maze

Question 36

who did pandora look like

Answer 36

looked like Aphrodite

Question 37

why was the jar important in pandoras box

Answer 37

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.

Question 38

who is Zeus

Answer 38

Zeus is a god of everything and lighting

Question 39

Prometheus helped who

Answer 39

humans by stealing fire

Question 40

why was Zeus associated with lightning

Answer 40

leader in the skies most powerful explains the unexplainable

Question 41

who was Zeus parents

Answer 41

cronos and rhea

Question 42

what did Zeus dad do to his kids

Answer 42

ate them

Question 43

rhea tricked his kids by

Answer 43

giving him a rock

Question 44

how was zues smiller to his dad

Answer 44

both wanted power

Question 45

what was harnnes lighting mean for zues

Answer 45

all power and everything