Lesson 13 Flashcards
god of nature
Pan
nymph who fell in love with Narcissus
Echo
loved himself so much he died
Narcissus
nymph; was turned into a laurel tree
Daphne
highest honor a hero could receive
laurel wreath
fascinated
spellbound
sorrowful, mournful, sad
plaintive
to urgently beg
beseech
Why was Daphne turned into a laurel tree?
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.
the gentle dawn; mother of the Four Winds
Eos
the sun
Helios
Helios’ mortal son
Paëthon
the moon
Selene
creature that is half horse, half man
centaur
hedonistic woodland creature with goat’s features
satyr
withered, dried up
wizened
the 12 principal constellations
zodiac
What happened to the earth when Paëthon drove too high or too low?
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.
curiosity led her to release miseries from her jar
Pandora
Prometheus’ son, father of a new race of men
Deucalion
a stronger race of mortals; better able to endure miseries
Deucalion’s Race
the North Wind; icy and wild
Boreas
the South Wind; foggy and heavy
Notus
the West Wind; gentle and pleasant
Zephyr
the East Wind; least important
Eurus
unable to be satisfied
insatiable
What was the new race of mortals called? How was this race better than the previous one?
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.
