Greek Mythology Flashcards
(23 cards)
What was Arachne really good at doing?
Weaving
What did Athene offer for the contest over rights to name the city?
The olive
What did Phaeton ask his father for proof that he was Helio’s son?
To drive the chariot across the sky
Who offered military rights and a spring as his side of the contest?
Poseidon
Who’s the goddess of harvest and crops?
Demeter
What lured Persephone closer to her abductor ?
Flowers
What did persephone eat to cause her to stay for stay for seven months per year?
7 pomegranate seeds
What name meant all-gifted?
Pandora
Who gave animals their characteristics ?
Epimetheus
Who wrongly gave man fire and the spark of the gods?
Prometheus
Who visited Baucis and Philemon?
Hermes and Zeus
Who made the Lyre?
Hermes
Who wanted the lyre for his own?
Apollo
Who stole 50 of the sun gods cattle ?
Hermes
Who is the father of both Hermes and Apollo?
Zeus
Midas is known for what touch?
Golden touch
What did Apollo give for the lyre?
A wand and the cattle
Who gave Midas the special touch?
Dionysus
Midas chose whose music as being better ?
Pan’s
What did Apollo do to Midas ?
Gave him donkey ears
What did Daphne’s father turn her into to escape Apollo?
A laurel tree
What was Ciylie turned into since she gazed longingly at Apollo without the love being reciprocated?
A sunflower
What did Athene turn Arachine into?
A spider
