Lesson 24 Flashcards
skilled spear thrower; killed Calydonian Boar
Meleager
fastest runner in Greece; won the great Calydonian Boar hunt
Atalanta
cleverly won Atalanta with apples of love
Melanion
married to Thetis; father of Achilles
Peleus
a Nereid; mother of Achilles
Thetis
judge of beauty contest
Paris
Queen of Sparta; most beautiful woman on earth
Helen of Sparta (Troy)
apples used by Minion to win Atlanta
apples of love
apple thrown by Eris at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis
apple of discord
spirit of strife; goddess of discord
Eris
trap involving a noose
snare
to surrender, give up
forfeit
tension due to lack of agreement
discord
What was Achilles’ vulnerable body part, and why was it vulnerable?
Achilles’ heel was vulnerable because his mother held him by the heel over the sacred fire of immortality as a child. Because his heel was never exposed to the fire, it was vulnerable and could cause him mortal death.
List the ways Medea helped Jason.
Medea gave Jason the magic salve to beat the fire-breathing bulls without fear. She tricked her brother so Jason could kill him and the king would have to stop the pursuit. She also disguised herself as an ugly withch and sold magic herbs to the king’s daughter as a plot to kill him so Json could take the throne.
Identify the location.
Black Sea
destined to kill his father and marry his mother
Oedipus
Queen of Thebes; Oedipus’ mother
Jocasta
monster with a woman’s head and a lion’s body
Sphinx
first queen of Thebes; had necklace of youth and beauty
Harmonia
Oedipus’ daughter
Antigone
the very same, identical
selfsame
How did Etocles and Polynices dishonor their father after his departure from Thebes?
Oedipus’ two sons cared nothing about the sufferings of their father. They fought each other over the throne, finally killing each other in single combat.
young hero from Troezan; defeated the Cretan Minotaur
Theseus
Queen of Crete; daughter of Helios
Pasiphaë
creature that is half-man, half-bull
Minotaur
famous architect; built palace of Cnossus
Daedalus
King Minos’ daughter; wife of Dionysus
Ariadne
son of Daedalus
Icarus
Theseus’ best friend; King of the Lapith people
Pirithoüs
to announce officially, publicly
proclaim
loud and exuberant, rowdy
boisterous
disrespect, lack of respect or devotion
irreverence
Identify the location.
Athens
Why was Daedalus in prison, how did he escape, and what happened to him and his son?
King Minos believed that only Daedalus could have helped Theseus solve the labyrinth. Daedalus made two pairs of wings out of wax for himself and his son, Icarus. Icarus flew too close to the sun, melted his wings, and drowned after plunging into the sea. Daedalus flew to the island of Sicily where he was warmly welcomed by the king.
