greek mythology

Question 1

psyche

Answer 1

soul;consciousness

Question 2

Apollo and Daphne

Answer 2

Apollo falls in love with Daphne. but she doesnt went to marry.and then her father turns her into a tree

Question 3

Prometheus

Answer 3

Prometheus steals fire from the gods.Zeus is furious and ties him up on a mountain. were Hercules sets him free

Question 4

Persephone,Demeter and Hades

Answer 4

Persephone gets kidnapped by Hades.Her mother makes the earth cold and barren and Persephone is eventually released,but each month she must return to Hades.

Question 5

Cupid and Psyche

Answer 5

cupid and psyche marry but he can only visit her at night and she is not allowed to see him. Psyche gets sent away but eventually they reunite.

Question 6

Theseus slays the Minotaur

Answer 6

To prove himself his father lets him fight the Minotaur and he kills it with the help of Ariadne.

Question 7

Daedalus and the flight of Icarus.

Answer 7

Icarus and his father try to escape king Minos island and Icarus flew to close to the sun and plummets to death.

Question 8

Echo and Narcissus

Answer 8

Echo can only repeat the last words someone utters .She falls in love with Narcissus a man who falls in love with himself. Echo wastes away her life while Narcissus becomes a white and purple flower from always looking at his reflection.

Question 9

king Midas

Answer 9

king Midas requests the golden touch but immediately regrets this gift because he cannot eat sleep or hug his daughter.but begins to turn normal after a visit to the river Pactolus

Question 10

narcissistic

Answer 10

self centered

Question 11

Promethean

Answer 11

a risk taker

Question 12

labyrinth

Answer 12

maze

Question 13

pandoras box

Answer 13

a source of trouble

Question 14

arachnid

Answer 14

spider

Question 15

harp

Answer 15

tedious talking

Question 16

Achilles heel

Answer 16

vulnerability

Question 17

Elysian field

Answer 17

paradise

Question 18

Gorgon

Answer 18

unattractive fierce

Question 19

titanic

Answer 19

having great power

Question 20

Midas touch

Answer 20

ability to make money

Question 21

tantalize

Answer 21

tempt

Question 22

Herculean

Answer 22

with great strength and effort

Question 23

nemesis

Answer 23

enemy

Question 24

Pyramus and Thisbe

Answer 24

deeply in love decide to meet up and pyramus find thisbes bloody scarf that a l;ion chewed that she ran away from and when he finds this he thinks she is dead so he kills himself and when she comes back and finds him she does the same

Question 25

Medusa and Perseus

Answer 25

athena turns medusa into a gorgon and medusa is killed by Perseus.

Question 26

death of achilles

Answer 26

meant to be immortal but gets shot in the trojan war.

Question 27

orpheus and eurydice

Answer 27

orpheus ventures to the kingdom to retrieve his dead wife he could only get her if he did not ever step back on earth but on his way home he looked back and lost his wife forever.

Question 28

Tantalus

Answer 28

tantalus abuses his privelige and as a result zeus punishes him in hades

Question 29

Sisyphus

Answer 29

known for being devious and tricky and as punishment he must push a boulder up a hill everyday for an eternity

Question 30

Athena and Arachne

Answer 30

they are both skilled vain weavers and battle in weaving and athena turns arachne into a creature that can weave forever the first spider