Mythology Flashcards
Apollo & Daphne
Apollo falls in love with Daphne, but she wishes to remain a maiden. As Apollo chases her, Daphne’s father, a river god, takes pity on her and turns her into a laurel tree.
Prometheus
Steals fire and is chained into a rock.
- Persephone, Demeter & Hades
P gets kidnapped by hades and D is the godest of the harvest and P is the daughter of D
Cupid & Psyche
Cupid and Psyche falls in love. she can’t look at him. And she pours waxs on him.
Theseus slays the Minotaur
Theseus pulled the rock out of the stone. He has to fight the minotaur. he is helped by Ariadne. And he forgets to swich the flag.
Daedalus & the flight of Icarus
D is the father of Icarus
Echo & Narcissus
Echo falls in love with Narcissus. Narcissus falls in love with himself. Narcissus turns into a flower. And Echo is just a Echo
King Midas
King Midas asks for the golden touch. He turns his dater into gold and he turns his food into gold and the he asked not to have it and he does’nt get it
Pyramus & Thisbe
Pyramus kills himself because he thinks Thisbe was dead and then Thisbe dies because she knows Pyramus is dead.
Medusa & Perseus
Athena transforms Medusa into a gorgon, a woman with snakes for hair who can turn men into stone with a glance. Medusa is later killed by Perseus who is aided by winged sandals from Hermes and a shield, invisible helmet, and bag from Athena.
Death of Achilles
Achilles’ mother dipped her baby in the waters of immortality, but she held him by his heel. No arrow or weapon could harm him until Paris shoots him in the heel during the Trojan War.
Orpheus and Eurydice
Orpheus, the son of Apollo and Caliope, ventured down to the Kingdom of the Dead to retrieve his dead wife, Eurydice. Hades agreed to free Eurydice on one condition - Orpheus was not to look back at his wife on the walk to Earth. When they were almost home, Orpheus looked back and lost his wife forever.
Tantalus
Because Tantalus abuses his privilege of sharing the food of the gods, Zeus punishes him in Hades. Although parched and famished, Tantalus is not allowed to reach the fruit or water that surrounds him.
Sisyphus
Sisyphus is known for being devious and tricky guests to his home as well as the gods. As punishment, he is forced to roll a giant boulder up a hill every day for eternity
Athena and Arachne
Arachne is a skilled but vain weaver who claims to be superior to Athena. They begin a weaving competition during which Arachne mocks the gods. Athena turns Arachne into a creature able to spin thread forever - the first spider!
Labors of Hercules
- defeating the Nemean Lion
- killing the Hydra
- cleaning a giant stable in a single day
Zeus
Didn’t want humans to have to much power as the gods.
As revenge for fire,zeur
Zeus sends Pandora to Epimetheus
Prometheus
Walks up right like a gods over Earth & Sea
steels fire/gives them ability to think
gets punished by Zeus
smarter then Zeus and becomes friends with him
Epimetheus
After thought
brother of Prometheus
doesn’t think things through
he gives all the gifts to the animals but not to man
Pandora
given a box and is told not to open it
saved hope
recieves terrible gift
in the box were war, hunger and all evil’s
Epimetheus
heedless person
trouble maker
brother or prometheus
gives gifts to all the animals instead of the people
psyche
soul;consciousness
narcissistic
self-centered
promethean
a risk taker
labrytinth
maze
pandora’s box
a source of trouble
arachind
spider
harp
tedious talking
achilles heel
vulnerability
elysian field
paradise
gorgon
unattractive
titanic
having great power
midas touch
ability to make things to turn into gold
tantalize
tempt
herculean
with great strength
nemesis
enemy
why is zeus associated with lighting?
if you can controll the sky, you can control the world
he carry’s lighting
who were zeus’s parents?
kronus was his dad
rhea was his mother
how is zeus similar to his father?
he wanted total power
wanted to control the universe
What does Crones do to his children?
how does Rhea trick him?
what are the moral meriages of Pyrames if Thisks?
what do Mulberries symbolize?
