Mythology Characters Flashcards
Created creatures such as animals and humans
Gave man fire
Was punished by Zeus/Jupiter
Prometheus
The first women
Created by the gods
Opened the box that let out evil and hope
Pandora
Impoverished people
Welcomes Mercury and Jupiter
Were granted the wish to worship gods then die together
Were turned into oak trees
Philemon and Baucis
Sister to Cadmus
Kidnapped by Zeus in bull form
Had a child with Zeus
Europa
Brother of Europa
King who founded Thebes
Slayed a dragon and made giants with its teeth
Cadmus
Jupiter was in love with her
Juno was jealous of her
She and her son were turned into bears
Jupiter later turned her into a constellation
Callisto and Arcas
Arrogant Greek woman
Turned into a spider
Arachne
Mother of Apollo and Diana
Cursed by Juno
Played a part in the creation of frogs
Latona
A lover of Apollo
Cheated on Apollo
Was shot
Coronis
Apollo’s lover
Died during a game
His blood was made into Hyacinth flowers
Hyacinthus
Apollo loved her
She didn;t love Apollo
Changed into a tree
Daphne
Loved Apollo
The Gods took pity on her
She was turned into a sunflower
Clytie
A musician
Played Minerva’s cursed flute
Challenged Apollo
Was skinned alive
Marsyas
Judged a competition between Apollo and Pan
Was given donkey ears
Midas
A musician
Freed his mother
Became king of Thebes
Amphion
Son of Apollo
Went to the underworld to get his wife
Was torn limb from limb
Orpheus and Eurydice
Son of Apollo
Tried to drive the sun chariot
His loved ones were transformed
Phaeton
Boasted about her children
Was turned to stone
Niobe
A shepherd
Diana visited him
Was put into a permanent sleep
Endymion
A hunter
Had a dog
Diana was tricked into shooting him
Was made into a constellation
Orion
Saw the hunters of Diana bathing
Was turned into a stag
His hunting dogs killed him
Actaeon
A servant of Mars
Forgot to wake Mars and Venus
Was turned into a roster
Alectryon
A lover of Venus
Was killed hunting
Was brought back to life but had to be killed every 6 months
Adonis
Lover of Leander
Lit a torch for him
Killed herself
Hero
Lover of Hero
Swam across a great distance
Drowned
Leander
Saw his lover through a hole in the wall
Went to meet his girlfriend
Killed himself when he thought his lover died
Pyramus
Saw his lover through a hole in the wall
Went to meet her boyfriend
Killed herself when she saw her dead boyfriend
Thisbe
Felt unrequited love
Asked Venus to curse the boy who rejected her
Was cursed to haunt cavernous spaces and repeat the last spoken words
Echo
A man who fell in love with himself
Died and was made into a flower
Narcissus
A king
Sculpted a statue
Asked Venus to bring the statue to life
Eventually married his statue
Pygmalion
Created by a sculptor
Brought to life by Venus
Galatea
Son of Mars and Venus
Fell in love with someone he was supposed to kill
Freed his lover from her tasks
Made her immortal
Cupid
A beautiful princess
Fell in love
Hurt her lover
Was made immortal
Psyche
In love with Jupiter Turned into a cow for her protection Taken by Juno Watched by Argus Freed by Mercury Is changed back into a person
Io
A multi-eyed mythic Servant of Juno Watched over Io Killed by Mercury His eyes were put on the Peacock
Argus
Brothers
Giants
Kidnapped Mars
15 months
Otus and Ephialtes
Raised by a wolf Founder of Rome Killed his brother Tyrant Killed during an eclips
Romulus
Raised by Wolves
Wanted to create a city
Killed by his brother
Remus
Dishonest king
Made many enemies
Killed by Hercules
Laomedon
Was supposed to be sacrificed
Saved by Hercules
Later taken as prisoner
Hesione
Borrowed Neptune’s chariot
Married the woman he kidnapped
Idas
Kidnapped
A god fell in love with her
She chose to marry a mortal
Marpessa
Children of a king
Married 50 brothers
Were supposed to kill their husband
Those who did were forced to fill an endless hole
Danaides
Served his son to the gods
Was punished by never being able to take what was in front of him
Tantalus
A cruel king of Corinth
Was punished by rolling a boulder up a hill that would always fall back down
Sisyphus
Mother of Bacchus
Lover of Jupiter
Was convinced she should see Jupiter in his true form
Died
Semele
Left by Thesus
Consoled by Bacchus
Married Bacchus
Died and was revived to be immortal
Ariadne
Mother Lover of Jupiter Was put in a trunk and thrown in the ocean Ended up on an Island Was desired by a king
Danae
Father
Was killed in a prophecy
Locked up his daughter
Killed during a games of quotes
Acrisius
