Lesson 16 Flashcards
Queen of Crete
Europa
King of Tyre; Europa’s father
King Agenor
bronze robot who protects Crete
Talos
King of Thebes, brother of Europa
Cadmus
Cadmus’ queen; daughter of Aphrodite
Harmonia
great called city in Greece with seven gates
Thebes
sons of Europa and Zeus
King Minos, King Sarpedon, Rhadamanthus
judge in the underworld
Thadamanthus
son of Zeus; father of Pelops
Tantalus
founded Olympic Games
Pelops
father of Hippodamia
Oenomaüs
reflecting a sparkling luster
glistening
to throw with force or violence
hurl
hill, mound
knoll
to scatter (usually seeds)
sow
narrow grooves made in the ground by a plow
furrows
to satisfy (thirst); extinguish (fire)
quench
to withdraw, pull back
recede
of extremely great extent
vast
elevated in rank or status
exalted
to dislike intensely
detest
Why was Tantalus condemned, and what was his punishment?
Tantalus sacrified his son Pelops in order to please the gods. The gods detested human sacrifiece and condemend him to the underworld where he suffered from eternal hunger and thirst. He was forced to stand in water up to his neck but could not quench his thirst. Above his head hung branches of fruit that would bend out of reach when he tried to reach them.
Identify and give the signficance of the location.
Thebes - city built by Cadmus; rid of beasts by Hercules
Identify and give the signficance of the location.
Olympia - site of the Olympic games
Identify and give the signficance of the location.
Elis - region of Olympia; kingdom of Oenomaüus, father of Hippodamia
Identify and give the signficance of the location.
Crete - where Zeus was raised and made Europa the first queen
Identify and give the signficance of the location.
Tyre - kingdom of the father of Cadmus
