Greek Mythology Flashcards

Question

What caused Thibse to run away and drop scarf

Answer 1

She was startled by the lion, which made her run away and drop the scarf

Answer 2

He finds the scarf chewed up and bloody from the lion. He assumes that Thisbe has died.

Answer 3

She finds Pyramus's dead body

Answer 4

1. The parents become freinds or friendly 2. The mulberry tree becomes red

Answer 5

Apollo falls in love with Daphne, but she wishes 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.

Answer 6

Prometheus steals fire from the gods for mankind. Zeus is furious and has him chained to the Caucasus mountains where an eagle tears out his liver each day and it regenerates each night. Eventually, Hercules frees him.

Answer 7

Persephone, daughter of Demeter (goddess of the harvest), is kidnapped by Hades to the Underworld. Her mother mourns her absence by making the earth cold and barren. Persephone is eventually released, but each year she must return to Hades for one month for each pomegranate seed she ate. During this time the Earth suffers through winter.

Answer 8

Cupid and Psyche fall in love and marry, but he will only visit her at night, and she is not allowed to see him. One night, she drips candle wax on him while trying to peek. Psyche is sent away, but eventually, they are reunited.

Answer 9

Theseus, to prove himself, convinces his father to let him fight the Minotaur, a creature with the body of a man and the head of a bull. He kills it with the help of Ariadne. Theseus forgets to hoist the white sail of victory on his journey home, so his father kills himself.

Answer 10

Icarus and his father, Daedalus, try to escape King Minos’s labyrinth on the island of Crete by constructing wings made of feathers and wax. Despite his father’s warnings, Icarus flies too close to the sun, causing his wax to melt. He plummets to his watery death. (Icarian Sea)

Answer 11

Echo, a nymph who angered Hera, can only repeat the last words someone utters. She falls in love with Narcissus, a beautiful man who also falls in love with himself. Echo wastes away except for her voice. Narcissus wastes away staring at his own reflection in a pool and becomes a white and purple flower. (Narcissistic)

Answer 12

As a reward for a good deed, King Midas requests the golden touch. He immediately regrets this destructive gift when he can’t eat, sleep, or hug his daughter. He begs to be returned to normal, and he is after a visit to the River Pactolus.

Answer 13

These young neighbors are deeply in love and plan to run away together. Their secret meeting goes terribly wrong when Pyramus arrives and, spotting Thisbe’s bloody veil thinks a lion has devoured her. He kills himself, and when she discovers what has happened, she joins him in death. The berries on the mulberry tree remain red in their memory.

Answer 14

Athena transforms Medusa into a gorgon, a woman with snakes for hair who can turn men into stone with a glance. Medusa is later killed by Perseus who is aided by winged sandals from Hermes and a shield, invisible helmet, and bag from Athena.

Answer 15

Achilles’ mother dipped her baby in the waters of immortality, but she held him by his heel. No arrow or weapon could harm him until Paris shoots him in the heel during the Trojan War.

Answer 16

Orpheus, the son of Apollo and Caliope, ventured down to the Kingdom of the Dead to retrieve his dead wife, Eurydice. Hades agreed to free Eurydice on one condition – Orpheus was not to look back at his wife on the walk to Earth. When they were almost home, Orpheus looked back and lost his wife forever.

Answer 17

Because Tantalus abuses his privilege of sharing the food of the gods, Zeus punishes him in Hades. Although parched and famished, Tantalus is not allowed to reach the fruit or water that surrounds him. (Tantalizing)

Answer 18

Sisyphus is known for being devious and tricky guests to his home as well as the gods. As punishment, he is forced to roll a giant boulder up a hill every day for eternity

Answer 19

Arachne is a skilled but vain weaver who claims to be superior to Athena. They begin a weaving competition during which Arachne mocks the gods. Athena turns Arachne into a creature able to spin thread forever - the first spider! (Arachnid)

Answer 20

Moana starts her journey at home, her home is Montiui, where everything is good, and she is next in line to become the chief

Answer 21

The starting dying because Maui stole the heart of Tefiti, which started causing destruction

Answer 22

Moana's father's friend died fishing past the reef. Moana was also hesitant.

Answer 23

Her grandmother was her mentor

Answer 24

she leaves the island in the process of find maui and restoring the heart of tefiti

Answer 25

Maui gives up and turns around, they face the caca mora pirates while the water was an allie

Answer 26

Maui abandons moana making her have moments of doubt

Answer 27

Her grandmother encourged her through one of the hardest times

Answer 28

Moana realized and gained the confidence to face teca

Answer 29

She learned how to sale and she has been a wave terror