Greek Mythology

Question 0

In Pyramus and Thisbe what spooked Thisbe from the meeting place?

Answer 0

The bloody lion and torn up scarf.

Question 1

What separated Pyramus and Thisbe?

Answer 1

A wall.

Question 2

What is the epic fail in Orpheus and Eurydice?

Answer 2

He king lands on his own word while running away from Odin.

Question 3

Why does Phaethon son of Apollo think he’s better than the other boys.

Answer 3

He is a demigod and his father is Apollo.

Question 4

In Icarus and Daedalus which of the 2 is crafty? what 2 things did he make?

Answer 4

Daedalus is crafty he makes wings.

Question 5

In the fox and the crow who gets tricked, by who, why, and what is the moral?

Answer 5

The crow by the fox who wanted the cheese. Moral: Don’t trust liars.

Question 6

What type of story is the fox and the crow? what 2 things classify it as one?

Answer 6

It is a fable. talking animals and a moral classify it as one.

Question 7

In the cyclops Polyphemus, who poked out Polyphemus’ eye? How?

Answer 7

Odysseus and his men. They burnt a tree trunk and shoved it into the cyclops’ eye.

Question 8

In the cyclops Polyphemus, how did the men escape the cyclops’ cave?

Answer 8

They hid underneath the sheep.

Question 9

what was the epic fail in orpheus and eurydice?

Answer 9

She gets bitten by a snake and dies on her wedding day.

Question 10

what does orpheus do to try to correct the situation?does he succeed? Why or why not?

Answer 10

He plays his very powerful instrument to Hades to see if he will let his wife out of hell. No because she fell back into hell because her husband looked back and he wasn’t supposed to.

Question 11

What is the central conflict in Phaethon, and what is the result of his hubris?

Answer 11

He wants to ride his fathers chariot but instead he sets the world on fire and gets himself killed.

Question 12

In pegasus and Bellerophon, why and how did Bellerophon die?

Answer 12

He tries to make the Pegasus take him to mount Olympus but the pegasus knocks him off and he dies.

Question 13

describe pegasus.

Answer 13

A big horse with wings.

Question 14

Which 2 Gods aided Perseus?

Answer 14

Hermes and Athena.

Question 15

what gifts were given two Perseus?

Answer 15

1. winged sandals
2. sheild
3. sword
4. helmet of invisibility
5. wallet that can hold anything.

Question 16

In Atlanta why does her father abandon her?

Answer 16

She was a girl.

Question 17

What did any man need to do to marry Atlanta?

Answer 17

Beat her in a foot race.

Question 18

According to the oracle what was Oedipu;’s destiny?

Answer 18

1. Kill his dad
2. Marry his mom
3. Have kids with his mom that people would be disgusted by.

Question 19

What riddle did Oedipus solve? what happened when he solved it.

Answer 19

TH sphinx. He died.

Question 20

What is the special power that Midas asked for? How does that work out for him?

Answer 20

That everything he touched would turn into gold. He ends up hating it because he turns the food and his daughter into gold as well as other things.

Question 21

What does Midas get rid of? How? What does he end up with instead?

Answer 21

He washes away in the river his magical ability to turn everything he touched into gold. He ends up with asses ears instead.

Question 22

What entity causes people to act erratically in Greek myths?

Answer 22

Because if the oracle.

Question 23

In “the making of the world” it explains that Midgard was formed by whom? How?

Answer 23

Formed by the Aesir Gods by killing Ymir and making it out of his body.

Question 24

In “gods and men” what does it tell us?

Answer 24

How humans came to know the stories of the gods.

Question 25

In “odin’s search for wisdom” what does he do to get the wisdom he seeks?

Answer 25

He gives up an eye to drink from Mymers well. He also stabs himself to a tree (Yggdrasil).

Question 26

In “How Odin brought the mead to Asgard” what is the mead made of?

Answer 26

Blood and honey.