Greek Mythology

Question 1

Apolo and Daphne

Answer 1

Apollo falls in love with Daphne, but she wishes to remain a maiden. As Apollo chases her, Daphnes father, a river god, takes pity on her and turns her into a laurel tree.

Question 2

Prometheus

Answer 2

Steals fire, changed to a rock

Question 3

Persephone Demeter and Hades

Answer 3

P is daughter of Demeter (who is goddess of harvest)

Each year P must return to H for each pomegranate seed she ate

Question 4

Cupid and Psyche

Answer 4

C and P marry

P is not allowed to see him

C goes over to her at night

P gets sent away

Question 5

Theseus slays the minotaur

Answer 5

Theseus pulls Minotaur out of stone

Theseus is able to fight the Minotaur

Ariadne helps

He forgets to set the white sail

Question 6

Daedalus and Icarus

Answer 6

Icarus and his father Daedalus try to escape

Icarus flies close to the sun

His wax breaks

Question 7

Echo and Narcissus

Answer 7

Echo falls in love with Narcissus

Narcissus falls in love with himself

Echo dies and the only thing that remains is her echo

Narcissus dies looking at himself and turns into flower

Question 8

King Midas

Answer 8

He asked for golden touch

He turns his daughter and everything around him to gold

He realizes he shouldn’t have wished for it

Question 9

Pyramus and Thisbe

Answer 9

*plot of Romeo and Juliet

2 people fall in love

families hate eachother

Big misunderstading

Pyramuys kills himself thinking that Thisbe died even tho she was hiding from lion

Thisbe comes out from hiding and kills herself because Pyramus was dead

Question 10

Medusa and Perseus

Answer 10

King loved Perseus’s mother

Perseus mother didn’t want to marry king because she loved/ cared for her son

King commands P to bring him head of medusa

P gets head and stays alive.

Question 11

Death of Achilles

Answer 11

Achilles mom dipped him in water and then Achilles gets shot by an arrow in the foot.

Question 12

Orpheus and Eurydice

Answer 12

Orpheus tried to retrieve his dead wife named Eurydice

Hades freed Eurydice

As long as Orpheus didn’t look back at his wife on the walk to earth

He ended up looking back and he lost his wife

Question 13

Tantalus

Answer 13

Zeus punishes Tantalus because he shares the food of the Gods

He is not allowed to touch the food or water around him even though he’s starving and thirsty

Question 14

Sisyphus

Answer 14

S is known for being sneaky to his guests and the Gods

His punishment - he is forced to roll a large rock up a hill for eternity

Question 15

Athena and Arachne

Answer 15

Arachne - is a bragger and a weaver who thinks he is better than Athena

They have a weaving competition and Arachne makes fun of the Gods

Athena turns him into a spider

Question 16

12 Labors of Hercules

Answer 16

Hercules was a illegitimate child of Zeus

Hera hated him and made Hercules go crazy and kill his wife and children

In order too be forgiven for his sins, Hercules has to complete 12 labors

Question 17

Zeus

Answer 17

Didn’t want humans to have as much power as the gods

as revenge for fire Zeus…

Question 18

Prometheus

Answer 18

Wali wasn’t like the god

power over land and sea

steals fire and was initially punished

Question 19

Epimetheus

Answer 19

Brother of Prometheus

Thinks things through - “After Though”

Gives all gifts to animals and none for man

Question 20

Pandora

Answer 20

Hermes gives her cunning decent and curiosity “all gifted”

given box

releases all terrible things but saves hope.

Question 21

Why is Zeus associated with lightning?

Answer 21

As a reward for freeing them from Tartarus

Question 22

Who were Zeus parents

Answer 22

Cronus and Reha

Question 23

How is Zeus similar to his father

Question 24

Psyche

Answer 24

Soul; consciousness

Question 25

Narcissistic

Answer 25

self-centered

Question 26

Promethean

Answer 26

A risk taker; daringly original

Question 27

Labyrinth

Answer 27

Maze

Question 28

Pandora’s box

Answer 28

A source of trouble

Question 29

Arachnid

Answer 29

Spider

Question 30

Harp (v)

Answer 30

tedious talking

Question 31

Achille’s heel

Answer 31

vulnerability

Question 32

Elysian Field

Answer 32

Paradise

Question 33

Gorgon

Answer 33

Unattractive; fierce

Question 34

titanic

Answer 34

having great power, fierce

Question 35

Midas touch

Answer 35

ability to make money

Question 36

tantalize

Answer 36

tempt

Question 37

nemesis

Answer 37

enemy

Question 37

Herculean

Answer 37

with great strength and effort

Question 38

pyramus and thisbee plot summary

Answer 38

Pyramus and Thisbee fall in love, although they come across challenges when their parents are in a feud with one another. This leads to misunderstanding and assumptions made that cause death.

Question 39

Pyramus and Thisbe moral message

Answer 39

don’t make assumptions about a certain situation

Question 40

Representation of mulberries

Answer 40

They represent Pyramus and Thisbe’s true love

Question 41

Ordinary world

Answer 41

Simba is going to be king one day so he must be brave to do so

Question 42

Call to adventure

Answer 42

Scar makes Simba want to go to the elephant grave yard because he tempts him

Question 43

Refusal of the call

Answer 43

simba learns a lesson from mufasa

Question 44

meeting the mentor

Question 45

simba is minipulated by scare, who tells him to leave and never come back

Question 46

tests allies enemies

Question 47

approach to the inmost cave

Question 48

ordeal

Question 49

reward

Question 50

the road back

Question 51

resurrection

Question 52

return with the elixir