Greek Mythology Flashcards
Apolo and Daphne
Apollo falls in love with Daphne, but she wishes to remain a maiden. As Apollo chases her, Daphnes father, a river god, takes pity on her and turns her into a laurel tree.
Prometheus
Steals fire, changed to a rock
Persephone Demeter and Hades
P is daughter of Demeter (who is goddess of harvest)
Each year P must return to H for each pomegranate seed she ate
Cupid and Psyche
C and P marry
P is not allowed to see him
C goes over to her at night
P gets sent away
Theseus slays the minotaur
Theseus pulls Minotaur out of stone
Theseus is able to fight the Minotaur
Ariadne helps
He forgets to set the white sail
Daedalus and Icarus
Icarus and his father Daedalus try to escape
Icarus flies close to the sun
His wax breaks
Echo and Narcissus
Echo falls in love with Narcissus
Narcissus falls in love with himself
Echo dies and the only thing that remains is her echo
Narcissus dies looking at himself and turns into flower
King Midas
He asked for golden touch
He turns his daughter and everything around him to gold
He realizes he shouldn’t have wished for it
Pyramus and Thisbe
*plot of Romeo and Juliet
2 people fall in love
families hate eachother
Big misunderstading
Pyramuys kills himself thinking that Thisbe died even tho she was hiding from lion
Thisbe comes out from hiding and kills herself because Pyramus was dead
Medusa and Perseus
King loved Perseus’s mother
Perseus mother didn’t want to marry king because she loved/ cared for her son
King commands P to bring him head of medusa
P gets head and stays alive.
Death of Achilles
Achilles mom dipped him in water and then Achilles gets shot by an arrow in the foot.
Orpheus and Eurydice
Orpheus tried to retrieve his dead wife named Eurydice
Hades freed Eurydice
As long as Orpheus didn’t look back at his wife on the walk to earth
He ended up looking back and he lost his wife
Tantalus
Zeus punishes Tantalus because he shares the food of the Gods
He is not allowed to touch the food or water around him even though he’s starving and thirsty
Sisyphus
S is known for being sneaky to his guests and the Gods
His punishment - he is forced to roll a large rock up a hill for eternity
Athena and Arachne
Arachne - is a bragger and a weaver who thinks he is better than Athena
They have a weaving competition and Arachne makes fun of the Gods
Athena turns him into a spider
12 Labors of Hercules
Hercules was a illegitimate child of Zeus
Hera hated him and made Hercules go crazy and kill his wife and children
In order too be forgiven for his sins, Hercules has to complete 12 labors
Zeus
Didn’t want humans to have as much power as the gods
as revenge for fire Zeus…
Prometheus
Wali wasn’t like the god
power over land and sea
steals fire and was initially punished
Epimetheus
Brother of Prometheus
Thinks things through - “After Though”
Gives all gifts to animals and none for man
Pandora
Hermes gives her cunning decent and curiosity “all gifted”
given box
releases all terrible things but saves hope.
Why is Zeus associated with lightning?
As a reward for freeing them from Tartarus
Who were Zeus parents
Cronus and Reha
How is Zeus similar to his father
Psyche
Soul; consciousness
Narcissistic
self-centered
Promethean
A risk taker; daringly original
Labyrinth
Maze
Pandora’s box
A source of trouble
Arachnid
Spider
Harp (v)
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
nemesis
enemy
Herculean
with great strength and effort
pyramus and thisbee plot summary
Pyramus and Thisbee fall in love, although they come across challenges when their parents are in a feud with one another. This leads to misunderstanding and assumptions made that cause death.
Pyramus and Thisbe moral message
don’t make assumptions about a certain situation
Representation of mulberries
They represent Pyramus and Thisbe’s true love
Ordinary world
Simba is going to be king one day so he must be brave to do so
Call to adventure
Scar makes Simba want to go to the elephant grave yard because he tempts him
Refusal of the call
simba learns a lesson from mufasa
meeting the mentor
simba is minipulated by scare, who tells him to leave and never come back
tests allies enemies
approach to the inmost cave
ordeal
reward
the road back
resurrection
return with the elixir
