Lesson 13

Question 1

god of nature

Answer 1

Pan

Question 2

nymph who fell in love with Narcissus

Answer 2

Echo

Question 3

loved himself so much he died

Answer 3

Narcissus

Question 4

nymph; was turned into a laurel tree

Answer 4

Daphne

Question 5

highest honor a hero could receive

Answer 5

laurel wreath

Question 6

fascinated

Answer 6

spellbound

Question 7

sorrowful, mournful, sad

Answer 7

plaintive

Question 8

to urgently beg

Answer 8

beseech

Question 9

Why was Daphne turned into a laurel tree?

Answer 9

As Daphne ran away from Apollo she asked her father the river-god Ladon to save her,. He had no time to rise out of the riverbed so he turned her toes into the roots and her arms into the branches of a laurel tree. Daphne said she would rather be an unmoving tree than the bride of Apollo.

Question 10

the gentle dawn; mother of the Four Winds

Answer 10

Eos

Question 11

the sun

Answer 11

Helios

Question 12

Helios’ mortal son

Answer 12

Paëthon

Question 13

the moon

Answer 13

Selene

Question 14

creature that is half horse, half man

Answer 14

centaur

Question 15

hedonistic woodland creature with goat’s features

Answer 15

satyr

Question 16

withered, dried up

Answer 16

wizened

Question 17

the 12 principal constellations

Answer 17

zodiac

Question 18

What happened to the earth when Paëthon drove too high or too low?

Answer 18

When the chariot raced too close to the earth, the ground cracked from the heat, and the rivers and lakes dried up. When it raced too high, the earth froze and turned to ice.

Question 19

curiosity led her to release miseries from her jar

Answer 19

Pandora

Question 20

Prometheus’ son, father of a new race of men

Answer 20

Deucalion

Question 21

a stronger race of mortals; better able to endure miseries

Answer 21

Deucalion’s Race

Question 22

the North Wind; icy and wild

Answer 22

Boreas

Question 23

the South Wind; foggy and heavy

Answer 23

Notus

Question 24

the West Wind; gentle and pleasant

Answer 24

Zephyr

Question 25

the East Wind; least important

Answer 25

Eurus

Question 26

unable to be satisfied

Answer 26

insatiable

Question 27

What was the new race of mortals called? How was this race better than the previous one?

Answer 27

The new race of mortals was called Deucalion’s Race. They were made of stone and harder than the previous race, made of clay. The new mortals also better withstood stings of Pandora’s miseries, which continued to torment them.