final Flashcards
earth
Gaea
god of the sky
Uranus
6 kids of Mother Earth
titans
names are lightning thunderbolt and thunder
Cyclopes
first lord of universe
Cronus
chief of gods, rain god, cloud gatherer
Zeus
god of sea
Poseidon
god of underworld
hades
Zeus younger sister… wife
Hera.
goddess of hearth
hestia
goddess of harvest
Demeter
god of war
ares
god of fire
Hephaestus
namesake of Athens wisdom
Athena
god light and music
Apollo
goddess of hunt
Artemis
god of wine
Dionysus
goddess of love and beauty
Aphrodite
messenger god of commerce and thieves
Hermes
god of love
Eros
queen of underworld
Persephone
son of Hermes
god of fields and meadows
pan
god of wind
Aeolus
the west wind
zephyr
creator of man giver of fire
Prometheus
Zeus is? (describe)
just parental
Poseidon is.? (describe)
restless and relentless
hades is?
gloomy and mysterious
Hera is?
jealous and vain
Aphrodite is?
unfaithful and beautiful
Athena is
wise and warlike
Artemis is
unpredictable and youthful
Apollo is
health giving and reasonable
ares is
fickle and bloodthirsty
Prometheus gift to mankind was important because?
it gave mankind an advantage over other animals
daphne became
laurel tree
Apollo punished Cassandra because she didn’t keep her…
promise to marry him
Zeus sent the great flood because..
there was too much evil
the stories of phaeton and Icarus show that a young person should…
listen to elders
a belief that god is everywhere
pantheist
a sudden unreasoning fear
panic
abnormal fear of confined spaces
claustrophobia
arranged in the order that events occur
chronological
to waster or wither away
atrophy
calm tranquil
halcyon
like Jupiter majestic
Jovian
to arouse hope then disappoint
tantalize
a person or thing of great size and power
Titan
changeable
mercurial
warlike
martial
wild feasting and celebration
orgy
unselfish
altruistic
a wise and loyal advisor
mentor
fatal deadly
lethal
Allusion? metaphors? simile?
beware of Greeks bearing gifts
allusion
Allusion? metaphors? simile?
he worked like a Trojan
simile
Allusion? metaphors? simile?
he preformed a Herculean task
metaphor
Midas mufflers are gold because
king Midas had a golden touch
a publishing house has an owl?
Athena, goddess of wisdom, her symbol is an owl
Mobil oil co has red winged horse because
Pegasus is a fast flying, winged horse
alcemena
mom of Heracles
father of heracles
amphitryon
iphicles
twin of Heracles
Zeus….Heracles
father of Heracles…protector
Hera …Heracles
jealous of Heracles… sent snakes to kill him
Thebes
where Heracles grew up
king eurystheus
sent 12 tasks on Heracles
pholaus
centaurs housed Heracles
killing Neman lion
shot with arrow»strangled lion»skinned him w claws»wore fur as cloak
lernaean hydra
serpent w 9heads»knock one off? two grow»Iolaus helps»chop off head»burn stub» immortal head buried under big rock»poisoned arrows w blood»doesn’t count as one of the ten tasks
capture cerynean
valleys of Arcadia»favored animal of Artemis»returned to wild afterward
erymanthian boar
must be alive»killed all centaurs(wine)»hit w club»carried it
clean augeus stables
300 white bulls 200 red 12. sacred»flooded field» doesn’t count cuz he was supposed to get payed
stymphalian birds
used shield made of same metal as feathers and shot them down»scared them away
capture Cretan bull
scared it then snowed it at mycanae then let it go
mares of dionide
fed on human flesh» ate diomede» presented to eurystheus
girdle of hippolyte
queen of amazons»gave it to him»ATTACKEDDDDD
words derived from Cronus
chronological chronicle
words derived from Gaea
geology geothermal
words derived from Eros
erotica erogenous
words derived from chaos
chaotically chaotic
was Gaea male or female
female
fed her husband a stone wrapped like an infant
rhea
personification of night
NYX
buried his kids alive
uranus
principal of love and order, arose from night and darkness
Eros
mutilated his dad w a sicle
Cronus
personification of darkness
Erebus
plotted to overthrow her husband
Gaea
mom of Theseus
aethra
father of Theseus
aegus
first villain Theseus overcame
club bearer
the pine bender
sinis
which villain killed victims by forcing them to wash his feet then kicking them over the cliff
sciron
who planned to kill Theseus
Medea
when did Theseus’ dad recognize Theseus
when he saw Theseus’ sword
Minos palace was in
cnossos
helped kill the Minotaur
Ariadne
Ariadne was left on
Naxos
made Ariadne his bride
Dionysus
_rescued Theseus from hades kingdom
Heracles
Theseus married queen of the
amazons
Theseus died on
scyros
Theseus led the Athenians against the Persians at
marathon
roman sun god two faced
Janus
roman fire goddess
vesta
roman Demeter
Ceres
roman Zeus
Jupiter
roman Hera
Juno
roman Dionysus
baccus
roman Hermes
mercury
roman Apollo
Apollo
roman Artemis
Diana
roman Athena
Minerva
roman ares
mars
roman Hephaestus
Vulcan
roman hades
Pluto
roman Poseidon
Neptune
3 reasons myths are told
A)explain natural phenomenon
B)religious speculation to explain death, creation, and afterlife
C)examined human behavior
kind hearted old woman and good hostess
baucis
loveliest of pelias daughters
Alcestis
home of Pyramus and Thisbe
Babylon
sat down and didn’t realize he was resting as a result of hearing Orpheus music
Sisyphus
came to life thanks to Aphrodite
Galatea
visited earth in human form to observe how we treat each other
Hermes
king of pherae
admetus
returned Alcestis to earth alive
Heracles
frightened by a lioness
Thisbe
river where Orpheus decapitated head floated singing
hebrus
served as a herdsman for punishment
Apollo
sculptor
Pygmalion
killed by women of Thrace
Orpheus
committed suicide cuz he thought his love was dead
Pyramus
sinister king who seized throne by force
pelias
where Herod go when they die
Elysian Fields
deadly river of hades
Styx
proitos
king of Argos who wanted Bellerophon killed
Cepheus
king of Ethiopia
meleager
killed his uncles in a fit of temper
acrisios
killed by off course discus
Cassiopeia
queen of Ethiopia who humiliated Nereus w hubris
phorcides
one eye one tooth three beings
Althea
queen of Calydon who had vision of the fates
iobates
king of Lycia gave Bellerophon his daughters Hans in marriage
hippomenes
won Atalanta hand in marriage
atlas
turned to stone out of Perseus mercy
anteia
queen of Argos fell in love w Bellerophon
polydectes
sent Perseus to kill medusa
Nereus
dad of sea nymphs
dictys
rescued Perseus and his mom
Atalanta
Drew blood on Caledonian boar
part lion serpent goat
chimera
winged horse
Pegasus
100 heads
hydra
one eyed creature
cyclops
three headed dog
Cerberus
three bodies one pair of legs
geryon
half man half bull
Minotaur
fat birds w women’s heads
harpies
6 headed monster dogs bark
Scylla
robot giant
talos
winged monster w. woman’s head lions body killer riddles
sphinx
creatures with brass feathers piercing peoples skin
stymphalian birds
dragon w wings
Python
Deucalion
lived in truth repopulated With Pyrrha
Pyrrha
lived in justice repopulated w Deucalion
pandora
let all the evils out of a box leaving only hope
epimetheus
created animals and married pandora
Hyacinthus
accidentally killed by Apollo
Acteon
turned into a deer and killed by his hunting dogs
Tithonus
granted eternal life, not eternal youth
Endymion
sleep forever by Artemis
Adonis
out of his blood grew a red rose
narcissus
fell in love w his reflection
psyche
predicted to marry a winged monster
clytie
nymph in love w Apollo»_space; sunflower
epaphos
rumored or be a child of Zeus doesn’t believe Phaethon
cecrops
king of Attic(Athens)
daphne
nymph Apollo was in love of Ans is now a laurel tree
clymene
had a son w Apollo
Arachne
challenged Athena to weave and is a spider
demophoon
Demeter tried to make him immortal
metaneria
gave Demeter charge of demophoon
Semele
princess and mother of Dionysus
phaeton
son of Apollo and clymene
iris
the rainbow
Silenus
tutor to Dionysus
imprisoned under mt Aetna
typhon
Asia Minor
Phrygia
to rid of golden touch , Midas bathed on a stream on
mt tmolus
wet wind
south wind
helle
fell off rams back and drowned
