greek mythology Flashcards
psyche
soul;consciousness
Apollo and Daphne
Apollo falls in love with Daphne. but she doesnt went to marry.and then her father turns her into a tree
Prometheus
Prometheus steals fire from the gods.Zeus is furious and ties him up on a mountain. were Hercules sets him free
Persephone,Demeter and Hades
Persephone gets kidnapped by Hades.Her mother makes the earth cold and barren and Persephone is eventually released,but each month she must return to Hades.
Cupid and Psyche
cupid and psyche marry but he can only visit her at night and she is not allowed to see him. Psyche gets sent away but eventually they reunite.
Theseus slays the Minotaur
To prove himself his father lets him fight the Minotaur and he kills it with the help of Ariadne.
Daedalus and the flight of Icarus.
Icarus and his father try to escape king Minos island and Icarus flew to close to the sun and plummets to death.
Echo and Narcissus
Echo can only repeat the last words someone utters .She falls in love with Narcissus a man who falls in love with himself. Echo wastes away her life while Narcissus becomes a white and purple flower from always looking at his reflection.
king Midas
king Midas requests the golden touch but immediately regrets this gift because he cannot eat sleep or hug his daughter.but begins to turn normal after a visit to the river Pactolus
narcissistic
self centered
Promethean
a risk taker
labyrinth
maze
pandoras box
a source of trouble
arachnid
spider
harp
tedious talking
Achilles heel
vulnerability
Elysian field
paradise
Gorgon
unattractive fierce
titanic
having great power
Midas touch
ability to make money
tantalize
tempt
Herculean
with great strength and effort
nemesis
enemy
Pyramus and Thisbe
deeply in love decide to meet up and pyramus find thisbes bloody scarf that a l;ion chewed that she ran away from and when he finds this he thinks she is dead so he kills himself and when she comes back and finds him she does the same
Medusa and Perseus
athena turns medusa into a gorgon and medusa is killed by Perseus.
death of achilles
meant to be immortal but gets shot in the trojan war.
orpheus and eurydice
orpheus ventures to the kingdom to retrieve his dead wife he could only get her if he did not ever step back on earth but on his way home he looked back and lost his wife forever.
Tantalus
tantalus abuses his privelige and as a result zeus punishes him in hades
Sisyphus
known for being devious and tricky and as punishment he must push a boulder up a hill everyday for an eternity
Athena and Arachne
they are both skilled vain weavers and battle in weaving and athena turns arachne into a creature that can weave forever the first spider
