Lesson 14

Question 1

father of the centaurs; King of Lapith people

Answer 1

Ixion

Question 2

temperaments, moods

Answer 2

dispositions

Question 3

affliction

Answer 3

scourge

Question 4

to go beyond the limit, power, or capacity of

Answer 4

surpass

Question 5

Why were Hades and the Three Fates upset with Asclepius?

Answer 5

Asclepius could bring the dead back to life. This upset the Three Fates because they felt as if they were measuring and clipping the threads of life for no reason. Hades was angry because he thought he was being cheated out of dead souls who would otherwise join his underworld.

Question 6

Identify the marked location.

Answer 6

Mt. Pelion

Question 7

god of nature

Answer 7

Pan

Question 8

nymph who fell in love with Narcissus

Answer 8

Echo

Question 9

loved himself so much he died

Answer 9

Narcissus

Question 10

nymph; was turned into a laurel tree

Answer 10

Daphne

Question 11

highest honor a hero could receive

Answer 11

laurel wreath

Question 12

fascinated

Answer 12

spellbound

Question 13

sorrowful, mournful, sad

Answer 13

plaintive

Question 14

to urgently beg

Answer 14

beseech

Question 15

Why was Daphne turned into a laurel tree?

Answer 15

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 16

the gentle dawn; mother of the Four Winds

Answer 16

Eos

Question 17

the sun

Answer 17

Helios

Question 18

Helios’ mortal son

Answer 18

Paëthon

Question 19

the moon

Answer 19

Selene

Question 20

creature that is half horse, half man

Answer 20

centaur

Question 21

hedonistic woodland creature with goat’s features

Answer 21

satyr

Question 22

withered, dried up

Answer 22

wizened

Question 23

the 12 principal constellations

Answer 23

zodiac

Question 24

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

Answer 24

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 25

curiosity led her to release miseries from her jar

Answer 25

Pandora

Question 26

Prometheus’ son, father of a new race of men

Answer 26

Deucalion

Question 27

a stronger race of mortals; better able to endure miseries

Answer 27

Deucalion’s Race

Question 28

the North Wind; icy and wild

Answer 28

Boreas

Question 29

the South Wind; foggy and heavy

Answer 29

Notus

Question 30

the West Wind; gentle and pleasant

Answer 30

Zephyr

Question 31

the East Wind; least important

Answer 31

Eurus

Question 32

unable to be satisfied

Answer 32

insatiable

Question 33

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

Answer 33

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.