Ovid Stories

Question 1

Zeus: lo

Answer 1

Zeus fell in love with her and toprotect her from the wrath of Hera, changed her into a white heifer

Question 2

Zeus: Semele

Answer 2

Herd convinced Semele to tell Zeus she wanted to see his true form which killed her and was pregnant with Dionysus

Question 3

Zeus: Ganymede

Answer 3

Sent an eagle to snatch the boy

Question 4

Zeus: Europa

Answer 4

Turned into a white bull and carried her away from Phoenicia to Crete

Question 5

Demeter: rape of Persephone

Answer 5

Hades took her, she ate pomegranate seeds and is stuck there for part of the time

Question 6

Apollo: slaying of Python

Answer 6

Apollo went on a hunt to avenge the Python who had tormented his mother

Question 7

Apollo: Daphne

Answer 7

Cupid shot him and he fell for her, she would to remain a virgin so she was turned into laurel tree

Question 8

Apollo: Phaethon

Answer 8

Phaethon, son of Helios , asked Apollo to ride his charlot burned the earth and was killed by a lightning bolt

Question 9

Apollo: marsyas

Answer 9

Marsyas found the aulos Athena threw away and challenged Apollo, Apollo won and tied him to a tree and flayed him

Question 10

Apollo: Hyacinth

Answer 10

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.

Question 11

Apollo: Coronis

Answer 11

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.

Question 12

Artemis: Callisto

Answer 12

Callisto became pregnant with Zeus baby, finding out she’s no longer a virgin, Artemis turned her to a bear

Question 13

Artemis: Niobe

Answer 13

She had 6 sons and 6 daughters and boasted about their superiority xu Leto, Apollo killed her sons and Artemis killed her daughters

Question 14

Artemis: Actaeon

Answer 14

He was out on a hunt and accidentally saw Artemis bathing, she punished him by destroying his speech and turned him into a stag

Question 15

Artemis: Atalanta

Answer 15

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.

Question 16

Athena: Arachne

Answer 16

Boasted how she can teach Athena to weave and was proven wrong, punished by being turned into a spider

Question 17

Athena: Aphrodite

Answer 17

Aphrodite dislikes virginity and dislikes anyone who advocates it which both goddesses do not like one another.

Question 18

Aphrodite: Adonis

Answer 18

Adonis was gored by a wild boar during a hunting trip and died in Aphrodites arms. His blood and her tears became anemone flower.

Question 19

Dionysus: Pentheus

Answer 19

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.

Question 20

Pyramus and Thisbe

Answer 20

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.

Question 21

Hermaphroditus

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Pygmalion and Galatea

Answer 22

Pygamalion, a sculpture, made the woman of his dreams he named Galatea. Aphrodite brings her to life.

Question 23

Narcissus

Answer 23

Fell in love with his own reaction and didn’t care for I self where he died and became a flower.

Question 24

Echo

Answer 24

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.

Question 25

Midas

Answer 25

The golden touch guy

Question 26

Pan

Answer 26

The lost nature god that randomly disappeared and many satyrs are trying to look for him

Question 27

Syrinx

Answer 27

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.

Question 28

Orpheus

Answer 28

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.

Question 29

Eurydice

Answer 29

Orpheus’ wife who died from a snake bite as Aristaus tried to pursue her.