Myth Quiz 1
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- Arachne
- *was the person who challenged Athena to a contest of weaving *was transformed into a spider
- Cupid and Psyche
- *love can't exist without eachother *love is blind CUPID --> EROS
- Orpheus and Eurydice
- *musician whos music could calm the beast *didn't trust the Gods and lost Eurydice
- Icarus
- *boy who flew too high (wax wings, flew too close to the sun) *listen to your elders
- Achilles
- *every part immortal but his heel *everybody has a week spot
- Philemon and Baucis
- *if you are kind and generous, good things will come in return *turned into trees
- Pygmalion
- *tries to create the perfect woman *falls in love with the statue he creates (perfect woman)
- Cyclops
- *first generation helped Hephaestus (forger of armor) *Polyphemus gets tricked by Odysseus
- Pyramus and Thisbe
- *Greek "Romeo" and "Juliet" *can't live without love
- Midas
- *be careful what you wish for
- Orion
- *was made into a constellation when he died *what goes around comes around
- Perseus
- *was able to cut off Medusa's head w/ gods' help *you can do anything you set your mind to
- Medusa
- *do not be too conceited *snakes for hair, could turn people to stone
- Pan
- *half man, half goat *invented the Pan Pipes
- Atalanta
- *fastest woman in ancient Greece *Melanion beat her in the race using three golden apples
- Jason and the Argonauts
- *be humble, ask for help *had a fleet of ships *Argonauts: crew members of his ship the Argo (two members were Atalanta and Hercules
- Prometheus
- *invented man and animals *stole fire *don't trick the gods
- Hercules
- *keep trying until you succeed *12 Labors of Hercules *married Megara
- Theseus
- *defeated the minatour in the labyrinth
- Persephone
- *goddess of the underworld *the reason that there are four seasons