English Greek Myths Flashcards
Who was the nymph who was in love with Apollo? What did she turn into
Clytie
Sunflower
Who stole Apollo’s cattle as a baby but compensated for it with a lyre ?
Hermes
What was the name of the nymph Apollo was in love with? What did she turn into?
Daphne
Laurel tree
Who was Phaethon ? What became of him?
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
What two gods wanted the city Athens to themselves ?
Poseidon and Athene
What gift did Poseidon present to Athens? Athena ? Who won the competition ?
Poseidon — sea power, navy, mighty empire
Athena — olive tree
Athena won
What temple did the Athenians build for Athena ?
The Parthenon
Who was Arachne? What was she turned into ?
Arachne was a talented weaver who thought she was better than Athena
Athena turned her into a spider
Plays and tragedies were written in honor of _______
Dionysus
Who was Eros love interest ?
Psyche
Who was Hyacinthus ? What became of him?
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
What is the story of Echo and Narcissus ?
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
Who was Adonis ?
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
Who did Artemis turn into a deer for spying on her ?
Actaen
Who did Artemis fall in love with ?
Endymion — she put a spell on him so that he can always sleep and lie eternally
What is the story of aurora and Tithonus ?
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
What did Prometheus give to humans that made Zeus furious ?
Fire
Who did the gods make for epimetheus? What did she do?
Pandora
Released all the sorrows of the world from a box
What was the last thing in Pandora’s box ??
Hope
Who were the last people alive after the flood? How did they populate the earth?
Deucalion and Pyrrha
Threw stones behind themselves and humans sprung from them
Who was Niobe? What did she do?
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
Who ruled the island of Crete ?
King Minos
Minos hired ________ to build a maze to keep his Minotaur in
Daedalus
Who was the first great inventor ? What happened to his son?
Daedalus
His son Icarus died because he flew close to the sun and destroyed his mechanical wings
