Lesson 4 Flashcards
Hera’s secret garden in the west
Garden of Hesperides
Zeus’ bride; he turned her into a white cow
Io
Hera’s watchman with 100 eyes
Argus
reminder of Argus with 100 eyes on her tail
peacock
cow ford
Bosporus
country where Io was worshipped as Queen
Egypt
gods of smiths and fire; Aphrodite’s husband
Hephaestus
island Hephaestus landed on
Lemnos
sea-goddess; nursed Hephaestus to health
Thetis
metal smiths; Hephaestus’ helper
Cyclopes
never-ending life
immortality
large, annoying fly that bites livestock
gadfly
causing great pain or anguish
tormenting
a narrow waterway connecting two bodies of water
strait
shallow place in a stream where one can cross
ford
to no avail; for nothing
in vain
metalworker; makes or repairs metal objects
smiths
a furnace for heating metal
forges
device that when compressed forces air into a fire
bellows
noise, racket, commotion
din
Identify and give the significance of the marked location.
Arcadia - location of the Inachos river, dried up by Zeus’ thunderbolt
Identify and give the significance of the marked location.
Lemnos - island where Hephaestus fell, was crippled, and was nursed back to health
Identify and give the significance of the marked location.
Asia Minor - Asian side of the Bosporus
Identify and give the significance of the marked location.
Bosporus - where Io, as a cow, leapt to escape the gadfly
Describe Hephaestus’ workshop, its location, and how one could tell that he was working.
Hephaestus’ workshop was on Mt. Olympus and his forges were inside volcanoes. He had bellows and hammers and two thinking robots to help him. When he was working, sparks flew out of the mountains and the noise of the hammers could be heard for miles.
