Week 3

Question 1

Son of Helios, asked to drive the chariot for a day, to which he was warned not to. He takes the rains anyway and finds that he cannot control the horses after all. He went too close to the earth, burning it. Zeus strikes him with lightning, killing him.

Answer 1

Phaethon

Question 2

Phaethon

Answer 2

Son of Helios, asked to drive the chariot for a day, to which he was warned not to. He takes the rains anyway and finds that he cannot control the horses after all. He went too close to the earth, burning it. Zeus strikes him with lightning, killing him.

Question 3

Actaeon

Answer 3

Part of the House of Cadmus, he was transformed into a stag by Artemis and killed by his own dogs. This was a punishment for spying on her while she was bathing.

Question 4

Part of the House of Cadmus, he was transformed into a stag by Artemis and killed by his own dogs. This was a punishment for spying on her while she was bathing.

Answer 4

Actaeon

Question 5

Narcissus and Echo

Answer 5

Echo was a nymph, cursed by the Gods to only repeat the last words of others. One day, she fell in love with Narcissus after encountering him in the woods, and despite his rejection, she longed for him.

One day while hunting, Narcissus saw his reflection in water, falling in love. He declares his love to the Gods, that they would waste away and die together.

Echo was a witness to it all.

Question 6

The story of the man who fell in love with his reflection and the nymph

Answer 6

Narcissus and Echo

Question 7

Pyramus and Thisbe

Answer 7

Two lovers in Babylon, their families refused their desire to wed. They whisper their love for one another through a crack in the wall. Deciding to meet at a mulberry tree, Thisbe runs from a bloodmouthed lion, leaving behind her cloak. Pyramus is horrified to assume that the lion had killed his lover. He kill’s himself, falling on his sword. Thisbe finds his body, and later stabs herself with the same sword.

Question 8

Two lovers from Babylon, lion, both committed suicide.

Answer 8

Thisbe and Pyramus

Question 9

Baucis and Philemon

Answer 9

Two humans forewarned by Zeus and Hermes that a flood was coming, as everyone in the town had rejected them for a place to sleep. Their cottage was turned into a temple. They also asked that if one dies, the other dies also. Wishes granted. Upon their death, the couple was changed into an intertwining pair of trees, an oak and a linden.

Question 10

Two humans saved from the blood by Zeus and Hermes.

Answer 10

Baucis and Philemon

Question 11

Pygmalion

Answer 11

Sculpture who fell in love with his own creation. He made offerings for Aphrodite, and later his statue turned into a woman, Galatea. He married her

Question 12

Galatea

Answer 12

The statue who became human.

Question 13

Sculpture who fell in love with his own creation.

Answer 13

Pygmalion

Question 14

Venus and Adonis

Answer 14

Venus fell in love with the hunter Adonis. He was a snob, and the best hunter ever. One day, Venus dreamt he had an accident during a hunt. She tried to convince him not to go, but he ignored her. Venus’s dream came true; a wild pig killed Adonis.

Question 15

Who fell in love with a hunter, who later died following an accident while hunting.

Answer 15

Venus/Aphrodite, Adonis

Question 16

Death of Orpheus

Answer 16

Orpheus died at the hands of the Maenad, female followers of Dionysus. He was playing a mourning song, calling for death. He was killed by the Maenads in a frenzied mood. They tore him apart, though his head remained intact and still sang as it floated in the water.

Question 17

The man whose head drifted in the river while singing.

Answer 17

Orpheus

Question 18

King Midas

Answer 18

King Midas found the foster father of Dionysus, and treated him well, then returned him to the God. As a favour, Midas could choose whatever he wanted; he chose the ability to turn everything into gold. However, he found that upon embracing his daughter, she turned into a golden statue. He begged the God for the gift to be undone, and told him to bathe in the river Pactolus. He did so, the river’s sand turned into gold.

Question 19

Who was gifted the touch of gold by Dionysus?

Answer 19

King Midas

Question 20

The tale of Tereus, Procne and Philomela

Answer 20

Tereus married Procne. She asked him to welcome her sister into their home, whom Tereus fell in love with. He experienced intense desire, raping her brutally. He tied her hands with rope, she begged to die, imprisoned her. Procne finds her sister, takes revenge on him. She kills her son.

Question 21

Tale of the sisters, one was raped by the husband.

Answer 21

Procne, Philomela, Tereus

Question 22

Arachne

Answer 22

Arachne engages into a weaving contest with Minerva. She won, and was beaten by the God with her shuttle. After Arachne hung herself out of shame, she was turned into a spider.

Question 23

Who was turned into a spider?

Answer 23

Arachne

Question 24

Niobe

Answer 24

Punished by Leto, who sent Apollo and Artemis to slay all her children, after which she starved herself. She turned to stone out of grief.

Question 25

Who turned into stone out of grief?

Answer 25

Niobe

Question 26

Demeter and Proserpine

Answer 26

Demeter’s daughter was dragged down to the underworld by Hades, who lusted for her. She searched for her daughter, and when she find out where she was, she pleaded for Jupiter’s help. Hades had given Proserpine pomegranate seeds (food of the dead), which made it so that she could only leave for a time. She spend 9 months with her mother a year, then 3 with Hades.

Question 27

Arethusa

Answer 27

A nymph chased by Alpheus, she begged for Diana’s help. A cloud of mist appeared around her, hiding her.

Question 28

Who was the running nymph chased by a river God and helped by Diana?

Answer 28

Arethusa