Mythology II Flashcards
Pallas Definition? Who does this refer to?
“Virgin” or “Maiden”, refers to Athena
Who Was Cupid’s Love?
Psyche
Who Were Pyramus and Thisbe?
Lovers of Babylon separated by a wall
Who Fell in Love With His Own Statue?
Pygmalion
Galatea?
Statue that Pygmalion fell in love with. Means “Milk White”
God of Games of Chance?
Hermes
Pan?
Deity with goat horns and body from waist down. Aka “The Feeder”.
When Created Moved From Cythera to Cyprus
Aphrodite
Athena’s Weaving Wrath?
Changed Arachne into a spider
Twins Which Sent Plaques and Death Among Men and Animals?
Castor and Polydeuces (Dioscuri)
Actaeon?
Changed by Artemis into a deer and eaten by his own hounds
Ares?
God of War-Frenzy
Who Was Anchesis? Wife? and Child?
Trojan shepherd(MORTAL), married Venus (Aphrodite), child Aeneas
3 Judges of the Underworld?
Rhadamanthys (Asia), Aecus (York), and Minos (Court of Appeals)
Formed From the Blood Drops of Medusa?
Corals of the red sea (seaweed and blood)
Io
Changed into a white Heifer to escape Hera’s anger
Orpheus
Famous mortal musician
Lethe
Drinking from this river caused forgetfulness. Drink if you wished to be reincarnated
Fell in Love with Himself?
Narcissus
Echo?
Nymph who fell in love with Narcissus
Name of Wide Brimmed Hat? Who Wore It?
Petasus worn by Hermes
Animals Tongue Was Sacrificed to This God to Become a Skillful Speaker?
Hermes
Ixion Crime and Punishment?
First man to kill another man and was placed on a fiery wheel in the underworld
Sisyphus Crime and Punishment?
Trickster; Haunts wife for not burying him. His punishment is that he pushes boulder up hill and as soon as it reaches the top it rolls back down
Tantalus Crime and Punishment?
Pranked Zeus, stole nectar and ambrosia, and chopped up son. He eternally became himself
Tityus Crime and Punishment?
Great sinner assaulted Apollo and Leto. His body was stretched and liver was eaten by vultures
Bisexual Divinity?
Hermaphroditus
Goddess of Justice?
Nemesis
“Hellmouth?”
Avernus
River Styx Boat Man?
Charon
Figure of Death?
Thanatos
Symbolizes Good Luck?
Hermes
Symbolizes Wealth?
Dis
Name of Hades Hat?
Cap of invisibility
Why was Hermes called Psychopompos?
Lead souls of the dead to the underworld
What did Iris and Hermes Have in Common?
Both messengers and carried caduceus
Killed Themselves in Babylon at King Ninus’s Tomb?
Pyramus
Swam Across Hellespont Every Night to See his “Lighthouse” Love?
Leander to see Hero (woman)
Daughter of Aphrodite and Ares?
Harmonia
Child of Pygmalion and Galatea?
Paphos
Child of Zeus and Maia?
Hermes
Child of Aphrodite and Anchises?
Aeneas
Children of Rhea Silvia and Mars?
Romulus and Remus
Child of Aeneas and Creusa?
Iulus (Troy)
Hephaestus ~ ?
? ~ Aphrodite
Ares ~ ? = Child?
? ~ Aphrodite= Harmonia (Child)
Aphrodite ~ ? (Mortal) = Child?
? ~ Anchises (Mortal)= Aeneas
Cupid ~ ?
? ~ Psyche
Pygmalion ~ ?
? ~ Galatea
Hero ~ ?
? ~ Leander
Pyramus ~ ?
? ~ Thisbe
Pan ~ ?
? ~ Syrinx
Echo ~ ?
? ~ Narcissus
Maia ~ ? = Child?
? ~ Zeus= Hermes (Child). Maia daughter of Atlas
Orpheus ~ ?
? ~ Eurydice
Hermaphroditus Parents?
Hermes and Aphrodite
Parents of Heracles?
Alemene and Zeus
Parents of Iphicles?
Alemene and Zeus as Amphityron
Parents of Centars?
Ixion and Hera as Phantom
Hercules Three Wives?
Megara, Delanira, and Omphale
Haemon’s Fiance?
Antigone
Parents of Oedipus?
Laius and Jocasta
Oedipus Wife and Children?
Married mother, Jocasta. Had four children: Eteocles, Polynices, Antigone, and Ismene
For What King Did Heracles Kill First Lion?
Eurystheus
Amphitryon
Hercules Step Father
First Six Labors of Hercules?
- Nemean Lion; Choked lion to death
- Lernean Hydra; Bashed the hydras heads and held torch to tendons of neck
- The Hind of Ceryneia; Golden hooves and antlers. Brought it back alive.
- The Erymanthian Boar; Trapped boar in a net
- The Augean Stables;
Drives Golden Chariot with Black Horses?
Hades
Two Headed God of Beginnings and Doorways?
Janus
Patron Goddess of Pompeii?
Venus
Meaning of the Name Heracles?
The Glory of Hera
