Greek Mythology Flashcards
Apollo and Daphne
Apollo falls in love with Daphne, but she withes 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 gods for mankind. and is chained to a rock.
Persephone, Demeter and Hades
Persephone gets kidnaped by hades. Persephone daughter of Demeter. hades come for a month ever time she ate a pomegranate seed.
Cupid and Psyche
They fall in love and marry. she not allowed to see him. she drips wax on him.
Theseus slays the minotaur
Theseus pulls the sword from the stone so his mom sends him to his dad. he fights the minotaur. he forgets to set the white flag.
Daedalus and Icarus
Daedalus is the father of Icarus they leave the island with wax wings and icarus flys to high and the wax melts and icarus falls and dies.
Echo and Narcissus
Echo falls in love Narcissus falls in love with himself. N dies and turns in to a flower and echos turns into it’s voice.
King Midas
asks for golden touch and he touches his daughter and she turns to gold and his food turns to gold.
Pyramus and Thisbe
plot of R + J
two neighbor fall in love. they hate each other. Pyramus thinks Thisbe is dead so he kills himself, Thisbe found Pyramus dead so she kills herself.
Medusa and Perseus
Athena turn medusa in to a gorgon. Perseus kills medusa.
Death of Achilles
his mother dipped him in immortality but she did not dip his heel and got shot there and died.
Orpheus and Eurydice
Orpheus The son of Apollo and Caliope. Tried to retrieve his dead wife. Hercules would give his wife back But he could not look at her or else she would be gone forever.
Tantalus
abused his privilege of sharing food of the gods, and was not allowed to reach fruit and water.
Sisyphus
Sisyphus Who is known for being devious and tricky to his house as well as God punish by having to push a giant boulder up the hill every day for eternity
Athena and Arachne
Arachne is a skilled but vain Weaver who claims to be superior to Athena. They had weaving competition. Athena turned into a spider.
12 labors of Hercules
Defeating the Nemean Lion , killing the hydra, cleaning a giant stable in a single
Psyche
soul; consciousness
narcissistic
self-centered
Promethean
a risk taker; daringly original
labyrinth
maze
Pandora’s box
a source of trouble
arachnid
spider
harp
tedious talking
Achille’s heel
vulnerability
Elysian Field
paradise
Gorgon
unattractive; fierce
titanic
having great power; fierce
Midas touch
ability to make money
tantalize
tempt
Herculean
with great strength and effort
nemesis
enemy
Zeus
Didn’t want human to have more power than god.
Prometheus
Brother of Epimetheus, take fire a allows humans to think, get punished by Zeus
Epimetheus
Brother of Prometheus, gives all gifts to animal has none left for human.
Pandora
given a gift, gets a box, opens box and releases all treible things but saves hope.
Why is Zeus associated with lightning?
cyclopes gave zeus the weapon of lightining that have power over the sky.
Who are Zeus’s Parents?
Cronose and Rhea.
How is Zeus similar to his father?
Has the same power.
What does Cronus do to his children and how does rhea trick him?
Cronus ate his kid. The next time rhea had a kid she hide the kid and made him eat a rock
What are the moral message?
never assume anything
What do mulberries symbol?
The death of Pyramus
How do parents change?
after there died they found out that the parent caused there death.
Ordinary World
lives in the pride lands with his dad and mom
Call To Adventure
scar manipulates simba to go to the elephant graveyard
refusal of the call
simba knows he is not mature to be king yet
crossing the threshold
after mufasa dies and simba gets manipulated he meets pubs and Timon they live care free
meeting the mentor
nala said go back you are the king
approach to the inmost cave
simba being reminder to go back
ordeal
mufassa telling simba his true purpose
reward
has to be brave to go home
the road back
going back home
