Greek Mythology

Question 1

Apollo+Daphne

Answer 1

*Apollo loves Daphne

*Daphne doesn’t want to marry

*Daphne’s father turns her into a tree

Question 2

Prometheus

Answer 2

*Steals fire from the gods

*Zeus becomes furious

*Prometheus is chained to a rock and an eagle
eats his liver every day

*Eventually he is freed

*Brother=Epimetheus

*Helped humans by making them able to think

Question 3

Epimetheus

Answer 3

*Brother=Prometheus

*Doesn’t think through the consequences of his actions

*Gives away all the good gifts to animals

*Saved nothing for the humans

Question 4

Pandora

Answer 4

*Given as a gift to Epimetheus by Zeus (who wanted revenge on Prometheus)

*Very curious

*Given a box as a gift and told not to open it

*Opens the box anyways and released war, hunger, and all evils

*Only hope remained in the box

Question 5

Persephone, Demeter, and Hades

Answer 5

*Demeter=god of harvest

*Persephone=her daughter

*Persephone spends 6 months in the underworld with Hades

Question 6

Cupid+Psyche

Answer 6

*Falls in love and marrys

*Psyche is not allowed to see Cupid

*Psyche drips wax on him by accident

*Psyche is punished and sent away but later is allowed to return

Question 7

Theseus+the Minotaur

Answer 7

*Theseus pulls the sword from a stone to prove he is the king’s son

*Theseus offers to fight the Minotaur

*Minotaur=beast who lives in the labyrinth

*Ariadne helps him

*Theseus kills the Minotaur

*Forgets to raise white sail and his father commits suicide

Question 8

Daedalus+the flight of Icarus

Answer 8

*Tries to escape the Labyrinth with his father

*Makes wings and tries to fly away

*Falls into the ocean after the wax of his wings melt and drowns

Question 9

Echo+Narcissus

Answer 9

*Echo falls in love with Narcissus

*Narcissus is in love with himself

*Echo wastes away into just her voice

*Narcissus wastes away into a purple flower

Question 10

King Midas

Answer 10

*Asks for the golden touch

*Regrets immediately after not being able to eat, sleep, or hug his daughter

*Goes to the River Pactolus to be returned to normal

Question 11

Pyramus+Thisbe

Answer 11

*Neighbors that fall in love and plan to run away

*Pyramus thinks a lion ate Thisbe when he sees her bloody veil and he kills himself

*After Thisbe finds out she kills herself as well

*The berries on the mulberry tree stay red for them

Question 12

Medusa+Perseus

Answer 12

*Athena turns Medusa into a gorgon

*Medusa is killed by Perseus

*Perseus receives gifts from the Gods to help him

Question 13

Death of Achilles

Answer 13

*His mother dipped him in the waters of immortality but she held him by his heel

*Years later he is in a war and an arrow hits him in the heel during the Trojan War

Question 14

Orpheus+Eurydice

Answer 14

*Orpheus goes to the underworld to get his dead wife Eurydice back

*Only rule is that he can not look back on the journey home

*Disobeys this rule and loses his wife forever

Question 15

Tantalus

Answer 15

*Abuses his privilege of sharing food with the gods

*Zeus sends his to Hades

*He is taunted by food and water but is not allowed to reach for it

Question 16

Sisyphus

Answer 16

*Known for being devious and tricky

*His punishment is to roll a boulder up a hill every day for eternity

Question 17

Athena+Arachne

Answer 17

*Skilled but vain famous weaver

*Has a competition with Athena

*Athena turns her into a spider

Question 18

12 Labors of Hercules

Answer 18

*Hera didn’t like Hercules because he was an illegitimate child

*Hera causes him to go crazy and kill his wife and children

*To get forgiveness he has to complete 12 labors (ex: defeating the Nemean Lion, killing the Hydra, and cleaning a giant stable in one day)

Question 19

Why is Zeus associated with lightning?

Answer 19

It was a way for the Greeks to make’s sense of the weather.

Question 20

Who were Zeus’s parents?

Answer 20

Cronus=father Rhea=mother

Question 21

Why did the Greek myths contain incest, cannibalism, and sacrifice?

Answer 21

The authors integrated their fears with the myths.

Question 22

What did Cronus do to his children and why?

Answer 22

He eats all of them so they can not overthrow him.

Question 23

How did Rhea trick Cronus?

Answer 23

She gives him a rock in a baby blanket to eat instead of the real baby.

Question 24

Promethean

Answer 24

daring/courageous

Question 25

Midas touch

Answer 25

the ability to make money out of anything one undertakes

Question 26

Arachnid

Answer 26

spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, pseudoscorpions, harvestmen, camel spiders, whip spiders and vinegaroons

Question 27

Achilles heel

Answer 27

a point of weakness/vulnerability

Question 28

Labyrinth

Answer 28

a maze

Question 29

Nemesis

Answer 29

A long standing rival/archenemy

Question 30

Harp

Answer 30

a musical instrument

Question 31

Pandora’s Box

Answer 31

an unwise inference that causes a series of problems

Question 32

Elysian

Answer 32

relating to/ characteristics of heaven/paradise

Question 33

Psyche

Answer 33

the human mind, soul, or spirit

Question 34

Herculean

Answer 34

needing great strength or effort

Question 35

Narcissistic

Answer 35

having an egotistic interest in oneself or physical appearance

Question 36

Chaos

Answer 36

complete disorder or confusion

Question 37

Gorgon

Answer 37

3 sisters with snakes for hair that could turn people to stone

Question 38

Titanic

Answer 38

exceptional strength, power, or size

Question 39

Tantalize

Answer 39

to tease someone with a promise of something unattainable

Question 40

Sisyphean

Answer 40

relating to a task that can never be completed

Question 41

Why can’t Pyramus and Thisbe be together?

Answer 41

Because of their parents, but they communicate through a crack in the wall that they share.

Question 42

Where do Pyramus and Thisbe plan to meet?

Answer 42

Under a mulberry tree, Thisbe gets there first, sees a lion, and runs away leaving her veil. Pyramus sees this and assumes she’s dead and kills himself. Later Thisbe comes back and sees his dead body so she joins him in death.

Question 43

Why do the mulberries change color and what is the moral?

Answer 43

The mulberries change color because they are stained with blood and the moral of the story is to not assume.