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Lesson 18 Flashcards

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a satyr; challenged Apollo to a music contest

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Marsyas

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everything he touched turned to gold

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King Midas

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clever king of Corinth

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Sisyphus

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river-god; father of Aegina

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Asopus

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wife-to-be of Zeus; turned into an island

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Aegina

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great tamer of horses; grandson of Sisyphus

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Bellerophon

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fire-breathing beast, made of a lion, goat, serpent

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Chimera

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understood language of animals; cousin of Bellerophon

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Melampus

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father of mad daughters who thought they were cows

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King of Tiryns

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grand, splendid, dignified

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stately

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to skip about in a playful manner; frolic

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caper

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failing to see the implications of

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shortsightedly

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scornfully, treating as beneath one’s dignity

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disdainfully

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skillfully, cleverly

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deftly

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sly, crafty, devious

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wily

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having a right to

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entitled

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to burn, scorch

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singe

18
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thankful appreciation for favors received

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gratitude

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to break down suddenly; fall down

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collapse

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What was Sisyphus’ trick, and what did it do to the land?

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Sisyphus pretended to be honored by Hades and asked him why Hermes had not come for him. While Hades searched for the answer, Sisyphus cleverly would a chain around the Lord of the underworld and then tied him to a post like a dog. While Hades was tied up, nobody could die. The Fates got the threads of life tangled up, and hte whole world was in utter confusion.

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Identify and give the signficance of the location.

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Tiryns - kingdom won by Melampus for curing the king’s daughters of madness

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Identify and give the signficance of the location.

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Corinth - kingdom of Sisyphus

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Identify and give the signficance of the location.

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Aegina -island created by Zeus from Aegina, daughter of Asopus

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Identify and give the signficance of the location.

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Lycia - where Bellerophon fought the Chimera

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Identify and give the signficance of the location.

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Phrygia - kingdome of Midas; site of music contest between Apollo and Marysas

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