English 9H Greek Mythology Flashcards
(37 cards)
Apollo & Daphne
Apollo falls in love with Daphne, but she wishes to remain a maiden. As Apollo chases her, Daphne’s father, a river god, takes pity on her and turns her into a laurel tree.
Semele & Zeus
Semele, Dionysus’ mother, dies in a fire when she is pregnant with her son. Zeus snatches Dionysus from the fire and sews him inside his thigh, so he can continue to grow. At the proper time, Zeus ‘gives birth’ to Dionysus.
Prometheus
Prometheus steals fire from the gods for mankind. Zeus is furious and has him chained to the Caucasus mountains where an eagle tears out his liver each day and it regenerates each night. Eventually, Hercules frees him.
Persephone & Demeter
Persephone, daughter of Demeter, is kidnapped by Hades to the Underworld. Her mother mourns her absence by making the earth cold and barren. Persephone is eventually released, but each year she must return to Hades for one month for each pomegranate seed she ate.
Cupid & Psyche
Cupid and Psyche fall in love and marry, but he will only visit her at night, and she is not allowed to see him. One night, she drips candle wax on him while trying to peek. Psyche is sent away, but eventually they are reunited.
Theseus slays the Minotaur
Theseus convinces his father to let him fight the Minotaur. He kills it with the help of Ariadne. Theseus forgets to hoist the white sail of victory on his journey home, so his father takes his own life in grief.
Daedalus & the flight of Icarus
Icarus and his father, Daedalus, try to escape King Minos’s labyrinth by constructing wings made of feathers and wax. Despite his father’s warnings, Icarus flies too close to the sun, causing his wax to melt.
Echo & Narcissus
Echo, a nymph who angers Hera, can only repeat the last words someone utters. She falls in love with Narcissus, who falls in love with himself. Echo wastes away except for her voice. Narcissus becomes a white and purple flower.
King Midas & golden touch
As a reward for a good deed, King Midas requests the golden touch. He immediately regrets this gift when he can’t eat, sleep, or hug his daughter. He begs to be returned to normal, and he is after a visit to the River Pactolus.
Pyramus & Thisbe
These young neighbors are deeply in love and plan to run away together. Their secret meeting goes wrong when Pyramus thinks a lion has devoured Thisbe. He kills himself, and she joins him in death.
Medusa
Athena transforms Medusa into a gorgon, a woman with snakes for hair who can turn men into stone with a glance. Medusa is later killed by Perseus, who is aided by Hermes and Athena.
Contest of Athena & Arachne
Arachne, a skilled but vain weaver, claims to be superior to Athena. They begin a weaving competition, and Athena turns Arachne into a creature able to spin thread forever - the first spider.
The Fall of Phaeton
Phaeton begs Helios for permission to drive his sun chariot. Helios reluctantly agrees. Phaeton careens out of control, and Zeus must strike him down with a thunderbolt.
Death of Achilles
He was a demigod, patroclus was best friend, his mom tried to dip her in water to make him immune to death but missed his heel, his dad kicked him out of the house because he was told he would die in battle of troy, prince hector killed patrolcus , he dragged hector around the walls of troy and he dies, an arrow hit him in his heel shot by prince paris of troy hectors brother
Sin and labors of Hercules
In a fit of insanity, Hercules kills his family and must perform 12 labors to earn forgiveness. These tasks take him many years to complete, but he succeeds with the aid of Hermes and Athena.
Hermes
Hermes, messenger and god of mischief, steals cows from Apollo and cleverly hides their tracks. He eats one of the cows and makes the lyre for Apollo.
Orpheus & Eurydice
Orpheus ventures to the Underworld to retrieve his wife, Eurydice. Hades agrees to free her on the condition that Orpheus does not look back. He looks back and loses her forever.
Tantalus
Tantalus abuses his privilege of sharing the food of the gods, and Zeus punishes him in Hades. He is not allowed to reach the fruit or water surrounding him.
Perseus and Andromeda
Perseus spots Andromeda chained to a rock awaiting death by a sea monster. He rescues her and is rewarded with her hand in marriage.
Pygmalion & Galatea
Pygmalion fashions a statue of a woman out of ivory and falls in love with it. The statue comes to life, and they marry.
Atalanta and Hippomenes
Atalanta challenges her suitors to a footrace. Hippomenes throws golden apples to distract her, and he wins the race.
Pandora
Pandora is sent to Earth as punishment because Prometheus stole fire. She opens her box, releasing evils, but closes it, leaving only hope inside.
Creation
day 1: let there be light, created night and day (void and darkness)
day 2: let there be firmament (heavens) that divides waters
day 3: made water come together and make dry land, earth, and have it bring forth grass and fruit
day 4: let there be lights in the sky of heaven, day and night for seasons, days, and years (sun and moon)
day 5: created sea creatures and sky creatures (whale and winged fowl)
day 6: created man who have dominion over every other animal
day 7: rest
The creation of man
formed out of dust and he breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and he became man
