Nature Myths

Question 1

Tunic

Answer 1

Garment like a shirt or gown usually worn to the knees

Question 2

Swooning

Answer 2

To fade or die away gradually

Question 3

Sentries

Answer 3

Soldier stationed to keep guard

Question 4

Clouddrift

Answer 4

Remnants of clouds

Question 5

Oracle

Answer 5

To answer believed to be given by a god through a priest

Question 6

Asbestos

Answer 6

Fire retardant material

Question 7

Trundling

Answer 7

Rolling along, push along

Question 8

Melancholy

Answer 8

Condition of sadness; low spirits

Question 9

Sumptuous

Answer 9

Lavish, costly, magnificent

Question 10

August

Answer 10

Inspiring reverence and admiration; majestic

Question 11

Mintrel

Answer 11

Singer, musician who entertains in the house of a noble

Question 12

Dithramb

Answer 12

Wild emotional choral sound in honor of Dionysus

Question 13

Shrew

Answer 13

Bad-tempered, quarrelsome woman

Question 14

Brood

Answer 14

To dwell on; in thought

Question 15

Narcissism

Answer 15

Excessive love or admiration for oneself

Question 16

Why did Psyche lose her castle, invisible servants, and husband?

Answer 16

She didn’t believe in love

Question 17

How were Psyche and her sisters transported?

Answer 17

By Zephyrus, the west wind

Question 18

Who were Phaethon’s sisters?

Answer 18

The heliads

Question 19

What is still evidence of Phaethon’s ride?

Answer 19

Ice caps and volcanoes

Question 20

Why did Phaethon tell Epaphus that he often visits his father Apollo?

Answer 20

He was being taunted

Question 21

What was Orpheus famous for?

Answer 21

Playing the lyre

Question 22

Why did hades trick Orpheus?

Answer 22

Orpheus showed up at Hades without invitation/ no one is supposed to leave Hades.

Question 23

What deal did Hades make with Orpheus?

Answer 23

He can have his wife but he can’t look back

Question 24

Why did Hades make this deal with Orpheus?

Answer 24

He didn’t want anyone leaving Hades and he knew Orpheus couldn’t do it

Question 25

How does Greek Mythology explain an echo?

Answer 25

Hera put a curse on Echo to repeat the last few words someone said to her.

Question 26

Why did Aphrodite put a curse on Psyche?

Answer 26

Aphrodite was jealous of Psyche's beauty

Question 27

Why did Eros want to remain invisible to Psyche?

Answer 27

To see if she believed in love

Question 28

How does Greek Mythology explain the constellation Arion?

Answer 28

When Arion died, Apollo set him, his lyre, and the dolphin in the sky to shine.

Question 29

What are the horses of the sun god Apollo that pull the sun chariot?

Answer 29

Pyroeis, Eous, Aethon, and Phlegon

Question 30

What can mankind not live without?

Answer 30

Hope

Question 31

Beard

Answer 31

Oppose openly and boldly; defy