Ovid Stories Flashcards
Zeus: lo
Zeus fell in love with her and toprotect her from the wrath of Hera, changed her into a white heifer
Zeus: Semele
Herd convinced Semele to tell Zeus she wanted to see his true form which killed her and was pregnant with Dionysus
Zeus: Ganymede
Sent an eagle to snatch the boy
Zeus: Europa
Turned into a white bull and carried her away from Phoenicia to Crete
Demeter: rape of Persephone
Hades took her, she ate pomegranate seeds and is stuck there for part of the time
Apollo: slaying of Python
Apollo went on a hunt to avenge the Python who had tormented his mother
Apollo: Daphne
Cupid shot him and he fell for her, she would to remain a virgin so she was turned into laurel tree
Apollo: Phaethon
Phaethon, son of Helios , asked Apollo to ride his charlot burned the earth and was killed by a lightning bolt
Apollo: marsyas
Marsyas found the aulos Athena threw away and challenged Apollo, Apollo won and tied him to a tree and flayed him
Apollo: Hyacinth
Apollo was throwing a discus with Hyacinth, by mistake or jealous intervention of zephyrus, Apollo threw the discus at his head killing him. Unwilling to let his lover die, he made flowers grow from his spilled blood.
Apollo: Coronis
Apollo sent a white crow to watch over Coronis who carried his child but found out she was having an affair. In anger he went to Artemis to kill her and burn the crow at her funeral.
Artemis: Callisto
Callisto became pregnant with Zeus baby, finding out she’s no longer a virgin, Artemis turned her to a bear
Artemis: Niobe
She had 6 sons and 6 daughters and boasted about their superiority xu Leto, Apollo killed her sons and Artemis killed her daughters
Artemis: Actaeon
He was out on a hunt and accidentally saw Artemis bathing, she punished him by destroying his speech and turned him into a stag
Artemis: Atalanta
A skilled huntress devoted to Artemis and swore oath of virginity. Left in the woods by her father and was saved by bears and then hunters later found her.
Athena: Arachne
Boasted how she can teach Athena to weave and was proven wrong, punished by being turned into a spider
Athena: Aphrodite
Aphrodite dislikes virginity and dislikes anyone who advocates it which both goddesses do not like one another.
Aphrodite: Adonis
Adonis was gored by a wild boar during a hunting trip and died in Aphrodites arms. His blood and her tears became anemone flower.
Dionysus: Pentheus
Dionysus lured him being disguised as a woman to spy out the Bacchic rituals, the daughters of Caddus thought he was a wild animal and tore them limb from limb.
Pyramus and Thisbe
Grew up as neighbors and fell in love. This parents refuse their Union so they fled together to meet under a mulberry tree. It’s like Romeo and Juliet.
Hermaphroditus
Child of Aphrodite and Hermes, who was bribed remarkably handsome who tried to rape naiad Salmacis and prayed to be united forever. Got the wish and became a 2 sexed individual
Pygmalion and Galatea
Pygamalion, a sculpture, made the woman of his dreams he named Galatea. Aphrodite brings her to life.
Narcissus
Fell in love with his own reaction and didn’t care for I self where he died and became a flower.
Echo
Fell in love with Narcissus, cursed by Hera because she tried to to keep her from her cheating husband and is forced to repeat the last words a person speaks.
Midas
The golden touch guy
Pan
The lost nature god that randomly disappeared and many satyrs are trying to look for him
Syrinx
A nymph who hunted using bow and arrow, Pan fell in love with her and pursued her. She threw herself into a river. Became a reed that Pan used to make his panpipes.
Orpheus
Famous musician who went to Hades to get his dead wife, was told not to look at her until they got out. He looked at her. Played sad songs for the rest of his life.
Eurydice
Orpheus’ wife who died from a snake bite as Aristaus tried to pursue her.
