Greek Mythology Flashcards
(21 cards)
Midas
King Midas has the golden touch, couldn’t eat or do many normal things
Pyramus and Thisbe
two lovers gone wrong
Narcissus and Echo
A man is obsessed with himself, and ignores a lonely nypmh. Eventually dies
Prometheus
steals fire from the gods, zeus traps him.
Apollo and Daphne
Man falls in love with a girl, but the girl doesnt like them
persephonne, demeter and hades
gods daughter gets kidnapped
Cupid and Phyche
a guy is handsome, one girl is jealous
Theus slays the minotaur
every couple years a 7 men and women must fight in a labryinth
daedulous and the flight of icarus
2 guys want to fly
Medusa and Perseus
Man fights a snake
Death of Achilles
A great god dies in the trojan war
Orpheus and Eurydice
A story of a man with great music taste
Tantalus
A man gets sent to Tartarus
Sisphyus
A man tricks the gods
Athena and Arachne
Woman creates an invention
Labors of hercules
Great god goes through many challenges
Zeus
The mighty god of the sky, and lightning
Pandora
First woman on earth, opens a box filled with evil.
Tartarus
hell,with many floors
Epimetheus
Brother of Prometheus, gave gifts to animals, but not the humans.
Thebis and Pyramus:
What do the mullberries represent