Mythology 4 Flashcards
the hero who led the Argonauts in quest of the Golden Fleece; he became the husband of Medea, whom he later abandoned for Glauce
Jason
the decision by Paris to award Aphrodite the golden apple of discord competed for by Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera
Judgment of Paris
a vast maze built in Crete by Daedalus, at the command of King Minos, to house the Minotaur
Labyrinth
a priest of Apollo at Troy who warned the Trojans against the wooden horse left by the Greeks; killed with his twin sons by two sea serpents
Laocoon
a queen of Sparta who was the mother of Helen and Pollux by Zeus, who visited her in the form of a swan
Leda
a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it
Lethe
a sorceress who fell in love with Jason and helped him obtain the Golden Fleece; when Jason abandoned her to marry another woman, she took revenge by brutally murdering his young bride as well as the children she had borne him
Medea
a mortal woman who was transformed by Athena into one of the three Gorgons; her appearance was so hideous that those who looked directly at her were turned to stone. Perseus eventually slew her
Medusa
a king of Phrygia given the power by Dionysus of turning everything he touched to gold
Midas
a son of Hypnos and the god of dreams
Morpheus
any of nine sister goddesses, each of whom was regarded as the protectress of a different art or science; daughter of Mnemosyne
Muses
a beautiful youth who fell in love with his reflection in a pool and pined away, becoming the flower that bears his name
Narcissus
the goddess of retribution and vengeance
Nemesis
female spirits who lived in forests, bodies of water, and other places outdoors
Nymphs
one of the foremost of the Greek heroes at the siege of Troy, noted for his courage and ingenuity; his return to his kingdom of Ithaca was fraught with adventures in which he lost all his companions and he was acknowledged by his wife Penelope only after killing her suitors
Odysseus
the highest mountain in Greece; the dwelling place of the greater gods
Olympus
the gods of ancient Greece
Olympians
the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena
Orestes
Orpheus was a legendary musician, poet, and prophet and Eurydice his wife; he could charm all living things and even stones with his music, attempted to retrieve Eurydice from the underworld; died at the hands of those who could not hear his divine music
Orpheus and Eurydice
the ancient Greek god of forests, pastures, flocks, and shepherds, represented with the head, chest, and arms of a man and the legs and sometimes the horns and ears of a goat
Pan
mountain in Greece, symbolic of poetry; sacred to Apollo and the Muses
Parnassus
a winged horse, created from the blood of Medusa, that opened the spring of Hippocrene with a stroke of its hoof, and that carried Bellerophon in his attack on the Chimera
Pegasus
a box that Zeus gave to Pandora, the first woman, with strict instructions that she not open it; Pandora’s curiosity soon got the better of her, and she opened the box; all the evils and miseries of the world flew out to afflict mankind
Pandora’s Box
the wife of Odysseus, who remained true to him during his long absence despite the importunities of many suitors
Penelope
