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Who was the nymph who was in love with Apollo? What did she turn into

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Clytie

Sunflower

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Who stole Apollo’s cattle as a baby but compensated for it with a lyre ?

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Hermes

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What was the name of the nymph Apollo was in love with? What did she turn into?

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Daphne

Laurel tree

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Who was Phaethon ? What became of him?

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Phaethon was Apollo’s cocky son who demanded that he ride the sun chariot. He died while riding it and his mother turned into a poplar tree after weeping for him so much

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What two gods wanted the city Athens to themselves ?

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Poseidon and Athene

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What gift did Poseidon present to Athens? Athena ? Who won the competition ?

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Poseidon — sea power, navy, mighty empire
Athena — olive tree
Athena won

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What temple did the Athenians build for Athena ?

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The Parthenon

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Who was Arachne? What was she turned into ?

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Arachne was a talented weaver who thought she was better than Athena
Athena turned her into a spider

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Plays and tragedies were written in honor of _______

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Dionysus

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Who was Eros love interest ?

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Psyche

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Who was Hyacinthus ? What became of him?

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Hyacinthus was the beautiful lover of Apollo. The west wind became jealous that we wasn’t getting attention from Hyacinthus and killed the boy with a discus. The hyacinth was made to commemorate his curly locks

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What is the story of Echo and Narcissus ?

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Echo could only repeat the last word she ever said. She loved narcissus, but the gods cursed him by making him fall in love with himself. The gods turned him into s narcissus flower

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Who was Adonis ?

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Adonis was a lover of Aphrodite. He was slain by a boar and turned into an anemone
He was with Aphrodite for sixth months and Persephone the other sixth months

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Who did Artemis turn into a deer for spying on her ?

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Actaen

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Who did Artemis fall in love with ?

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Endymion — she put a spell on him so that he can always sleep and lie eternally

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What is the story of aurora and Tithonus ?

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Aurora asked for Tithonus immortality, not eternal youth. Some say he still withers away as an old man and others say he was turned into a grasshopper

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What did Prometheus give to humans that made Zeus furious ?

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Fire

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Who did the gods make for epimetheus? What did she do?

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Pandora

Released all the sorrows of the world from a box

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What was the last thing in Pandora’s box ??

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Hope

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Who were the last people alive after the flood? How did they populate the earth?

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Deucalion and Pyrrha

Threw stones behind themselves and humans sprung from them

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Who was Niobe? What did she do?

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Niobe had 14 children and bragged that she was better than Leto because she had more children. Apollo and Artemis killed all of her children. Niobe then turned to a stone

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Who ruled the island of Crete ?

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King Minos

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Minos hired ________ to build a maze to keep his Minotaur in

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Daedalus

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Who was the first great inventor ? What happened to his son?

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Daedalus

His son Icarus died because he flew close to the sun and destroyed his mechanical wings

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What did King Midas wish for ?

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The golden touch

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Who was the musician who played beautiful music ?

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Orpheus

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What happened to Orpheus ?

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Orpheus went to retrieve his wife from the underworld. He was told by Hades not to look back at her, and when he did, she disappeared. His shadow still looks back at his love, Eurydice

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Who was the sculptor whose statue came to life and fell in love with it ?

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Pygmalion

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Who was thought to be the luckiest person ? What happened to him ?

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Admetus was thought to be the luckiest person. He got bad news from Apollo saying that he only had a year to live. His wife died for him, but Hercules retrieved her from the underworld

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What were the names of the Greek Romeo and Juliet ?

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Pyramus and Thisbe

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Who were the kind people that let Zeus and Hermes into their homes ?

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Baucis and Philemon
Zeus and Hermes were so grateful that they were let into their homes that they granted their wish if having a temple and dying together at the same time

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Who’s life depended on a piece of wood ?

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Meleager’s

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What happened to Meleager ?

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His mother threw his wooden piece into the fire when she found out he had killed his uncles when they did not approve of Atalanta

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How did Hippomenes get Atalanta to marry him ?

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He used three golden apples to grasp her attention each time she went ahead of him in the race

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Who killed the Chimera? What did he use to kill it?

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Bellophron,, Pegasus

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Who killed Medusa ?

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Perseus

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What did Tithonus turn into?

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A grasshopper

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Who’s wife was bitten by a snake and died?

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Orpheus’ wife

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What animal did Apollo have?

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A dolphin

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