Greek Mythology Flashcards
(60 cards)
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psyche
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soul, consciousness
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narcissist
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Self centered
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Promethean
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risk taker
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labyrinth
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maze
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Pandora’s box
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a source of trouble
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arachnid
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spider
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harp
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tedious talking
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Achilles heel
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vulnerable
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Elysian Field
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paradise
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gorgon
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unattractive
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Titanic
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having great power
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Midas touch
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ability to make money
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tantalize
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tempt
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herculeans
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with great strength and effort
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nemesis
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enemy
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Why is Zeus associated with lightning
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Because it is the most powerful weapon to punish and control the nature
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Who were Zeus parents
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Rhea and Cronus
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Why did Greek Mythology contain incest, cannibalism, and sacrifice
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Because this could teach others story
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What did Cronus do to his children and why
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After his children are born, he swallowed them because his afraid that a son would replace them and take his power.
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How did Rhea trick Cronus
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She change Zeus into a rock so Cronus haven’t swallow Zeus.
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How is Zeus similar to his father
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They are all worried that others will take over their power
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What does being given the ability to harness lightning mean to Zeus
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This means the control of the universe and no one could overthrow him.
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Prometheus
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Be responsible for the creation of animals
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Epimethius
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Prometheus’s brother
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Pandora
The first woman. "All gifted" Every god has given her something
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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.
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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.
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Persephone, Demeter & Hades
Persephone, daughter of Demeter (goddess of the harvest), 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. During this time the Earth suffers through winter.
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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.
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Theseus slays the Minotaur
Theseus, to prove himself, convinces his father to let him fight the Minotaur, a creature with the body of a man and the head of a bull. He kills it with the help of Ariadne. Theseus forgets to hoist the white sail of victory on his journey home, so his father kills himself.
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Daedalus & the flight of Icarus
Icarus and his father, Daedalus, try to escape King Minos’s labyrinth on the island of Crete 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. He plummets to his watery death. (Icarian Sea)
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Echo & Narcissus
Echo, a nymph who angered Hera, can only repeat the last words someone utters. She falls in love with Narcissus, a beautiful man who also falls in love with himself. Echo wastes away except for her voice. Narcissus wastes away staring at his own reflection in a pool and becomes a white and purple flower. (Narcissistic)
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King Midas
As a reward for a good deed, King Midas requests the golden touch. He immediately regrets this destructive 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.
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Pyramus & Thisbe
These young neighbors are deeply in love and plan to run away together. Their secret meeting goes terribly wrong when Pyramus arrives and, spotting Thisbe’s bloody veil thinks a lion has devoured her. He kills himself, and when she discovers what has happened, she joins him in death. The berries on the mulberry tree remain red in their memory.
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Medusa & Perseus
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 winged sandals from Hermes and a shield, invisible helmet, and bag from Athena.
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Death of Achilles
Achilles’ mother dipped her baby in the waters of immortality, but she held him by his heel. No arrow or weapon could harm him until Paris shoots him in the heel during the Trojan War.
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Orpheus and Eurydice
Orpheus, the son of Apollo and Caliope, ventured down to the Kingdom of the Dead to retrieve his dead wife, Eurydice. Hades agreed to free Eurydice on one condition – Orpheus was not to look back at his wife on the walk to Earth. When they were almost home, Orpheus looked back and lost his wife forever.
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Tantalus
Because Tantalus abuses his privilege of sharing the food of the gods, Zeus punishes him in Hades. Although parched and famished, Tantalus is not allowed to reach the fruit or water that surrounds him. (Tantalizing)
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Sisyphus
Sisyphus is known for being devious and tricky guests to his home as well as the gods. As punishment, he is forced to roll a giant boulder up a hill every day for eternity
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Athena and Arachne
Arachne is a skilled but vain weaver who claims to be superior to Athena. They begin a weaving competition during which Arachne mocks the gods. Athena turns Arachne into a creature able to spin thread forever - the first spider! (Arachnid)
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12 Labors of Hercules
Hera hated Hercules because he was one of Zeus’s (many) illegitimate children. Hera caused Hercules to go mad and kill his wife in children. To atone for his sins, Hercules has to complete 12 labors. Examples of his labors include:
- defeating the Nemean Lion
- killing the Hydra
- cleaning a giant stable in a single day
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When Pyramus and Thisbe's parents forbid them from meeting or speaking with each other how they communicate
They speak through the hole of the wall
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Why do Pyramus and Thisbe leave the city through different gage
Because if they went together, the guards of the gate might notice and remember the pair.
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Where do they plan to meet
Ninus' Tomb
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What causes Thisbe to run away and drop her scarf
The lion
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What does Pyramus find where he arrives at Ninus' Tomb? What does he assume?
He finf the scarf with blood on it so he think that Thisbe died
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What does Thisbe find beneath the mulberry tree
The dead body of Pyramus
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What two things happen after Pyramus and Thisbe died.
- Their parent burriee their dead bodies together in a common tomb
- The gods transfer the color of the mulberry tree from silvery into red to memorize their love
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Ordinary world (Moana)
Moana is the daughter of chief in the village of Motunui
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Call to adventure
Save the heart of the island and find out who she meant to be
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Refusal of the call
Her dad doesn't want her to go beyond the sea because hiss best friend died in the sea
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Meeting the mentor
Her grandma told her that the people are sailors before and encouraged her to travel the ocean and give the heart back
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Crossing the Threshold
She started her journey of the ocean
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Tests, Allies and Enemies
The weather is bad and sailing became a big deal for her, Kakamora pirates, big crab. She also met Maui on a island.
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Approach to the inmost cave
Maui approaches Teka's islands as his hook is beaten and he abandon Moana. She has doubts about whether she should still insist on continuing the journey or not.
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ordeal
Grandma resurfaces and encourage her to continue the journey through those ancestors.
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Reward
Moana realized her strength that she is brave enough to face Taka
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The road back
THe heart is putting back to TE fiti Maui apologized and Te fiti helped him fix the hook.
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resurrection
Learns that Taka and Te fiti are the same person.
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return with the Elixir
Moana returns changed and becoming a leader helps them discover who they are.
