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
