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What happens to Greeks who even just say the name of Aphrodite?
What happens to Greeks who even just say the name of Aphrodite?
He who even speaks her name falls under her spell, and seems to glimpse her white shoulders and catch the perfume of her golden hair. And he loses his wits and begins to babble and tells the same story in many ways.
Who makes sure that Aphrodite ends up choosing Hephaestus?
Who makes sure that Aphrodite ends up choosing Hephaestus?
Hera makes sure that Aphrodite ends up choosing Hephaestus.
What was the first thing that Apollo was god of?
What was the first thing that Apollo was god of?
He was god of the sun always.
Why does Phaethon decide he needs proof that Apollo is his father?
Why does Phaethon decide he needs proof that Apollo is his father?
Apollo is referred to by at least two other names in this story. Find any sentence in which one of his other names is mentioned.
Apollo is referred to by at least two other names in this story. Find any sentence in which one of his other names is mentioned.
What favor does Phaethon ask for from his father?
What favor does Phaethon ask for from his father?
Who opens the Gates of Heaven for the sun every morning?
Who opens the Gates of Heaven for the sun every morning?
Who is the king of Crete?
Who is the king of Crete?
Who is Ariadne?
Who is Ariadne?
How does Theseus respond when Minos accuses him of having a scheme for the future?
How does Theseus respond when Minos accuses him of having a scheme for the future?
Who made Ariadne's magic ball of thread?
Who made Ariadne's magic ball of thread?
What does Artemis want her bow and arrow to be made out of?
What does Artemis want her bow and arrow to be made out of?
Why does Artemis have to go to the sea to get her bow, instead of to Hephaestus?
Why does Artemis have to go to the sea to get her bow, instead of to Hephaestus?
A stag is a male deer. For what crime does Artemis turn Actaeon into a stag?
A stag is a male deer. For what crime does Artemis turn Actaeon into a stag?
Why does Hades want Asclepius dead?
Why does Hades want Asclepius dead?
A "patron” is a city's protector. Why do the gods want to be patron of Cecrops' new city?
A "patron” is a city's protector. Why do the gods want to be patron of Cecrops' new city?
What do the judges think of Poseidon's gift?
What do the judges think of Poseidon's gift?
In what way will Athene's gift make the city known for its artists?
In what way will Athene's gift make the city known for its artists?
What is the goal of Heracles' eleventh labor?
What is the goal of Heracles' eleventh labor?
What is the final form that Nereus takes before he gives in to Heracles?
What is the final form that Nereus takes before he gives in to Heracles?
What does Heracles tell Atlas to get the Titan to hold up the sky again?
What does Heracles tell Atlas to get the Titan to hold up the sky again?
Why do the centaurs go into a rage and charge at Heracles?
Why do the centaurs go into a rage and charge at Heracles?
Who was Cheiron?
Who was Cheiron?
How many of Augeas' cattle were sacred to the sun?
How many of Augeas' cattle were sacred to the sun?
What made Heracles more capable of shooting down these birds than most people?
What made Heracles more capable of shooting down these birds than most people?
What is the name of the island ruled by King Minos?
What is the name of the island ruled by King Minos?
What protects Heracles from the biting jaws of Cerberus?
What protects Heracles from the biting jaws of Cerberus?
What does Nessus tell Deianira that his blood will do to Heracles?
What does Nessus tell Deianira that his blood will do to Heracles?
What happens to Heracles after he dies?
What happens to Heracles after he dies?
What is the river Styx?
What is the river Styx?
Why doesn't Psyche help the old man in the river?
Why doesn't Psyche help the old man in the river?
How is Psyche made into an acceptable wife for Cupid?
How is Psyche made into an acceptable wife for Cupid?
Why did Clytie go mad?
Why did Clytie go mad?
What does Daedalus do to Talos?
What does Daedalus do to Talos?
What is the name of the capital of Crete?
What is the name of the capital of Crete?
What does Pasiphae say to make Aphrodite angry?
What does Pasiphae say to make Aphrodite angry?
Who sent the great white bull to Crete?
Who sent the great white bull to Crete?
Who is Aphrodite's son?
Who is Aphrodite's son?
What was Demeter's daughter, Persephone, responsible for?
What was Demeter's daughter, Persephone, responsible for?
Why does Zeus side with Hades?
Why does Zeus side with Hades?
Under what circumstances would Persephone not be allowed to leave the underworld?
Under what circumstances would Persephone not be allowed to leave the underworld?
Who helps Psyche complete her near-impossible task?
Who helps Psyche complete her near-impossible task?
What did Cupid's voice sound like at first?
What did Cupid's voice sound like at first?
Has any living person ever broken into the underworld before Orpheus?
Has any living person ever broken into the underworld before Orpheus?
Why does Orpheus trust that Eurydice is behind him?
Why does Orpheus trust that Eurydice is behind him?
Had Eurydice been following Orpheus?
Had Eurydice been following Orpheus?
What do the mares of Diomede eat?
What do the mares of Diomede eat?
Why does Eurystheus think that this task in particular will put an end to Heracles?
Why does Eurystheus think that this task in particular will put an end to Heracles?
What does Heracles do to try to convince the Ocean to stop trying to sink his boat?
What does Heracles do to try to convince the Ocean to stop trying to sink his boat?
What does Sisyphus have to do for eternity?
What does Sisyphus have to do for eternity?
How were Hephaestus' talents first noticed?
How were Hephaestus' talents first noticed?
How did Hera manage to put Zeus to sleep?
How did Hera manage to put Zeus to sleep?
Who sends snakes to kill Heracles?
Who sends snakes to kill Heracles?
Name one time when Heracles hurts someone accidentally:
Name one time when Heracles hurts someone accidentally:
What did Hermes invent as a baby?
What did Hermes invent as a baby?
What did Hermes steal from Apollo?
What did Hermes steal from Apollo?
Why couldn't Apollo track where his cattle had been taken?
Why couldn't Apollo track where his cattle had been taken?
Who does Apollo take Hermes to in order to settle their fight?
Who does Apollo take Hermes to in order to settle their fight?
What trade do Hermes and Apollo make in order to make peace?
What trade do Hermes and Apollo make in order to make peace?
Why does Heracles finally decide to hurt the hind?
Why does Heracles finally decide to hurt the hind?
Why was Nemea deserted?
Why was Nemea deserted?
Why was the area around the Hydra deserted?
Why was the area around the Hydra deserted?
What does Heracles do with the Hydra's immortal head?
What does Heracles do with the Hydra's immortal head?
Why does Icarus live with Daedalus in the Labyrinth?
Why does Icarus live with Daedalus in the Labyrinth?
What does Daedalus use to attach the wings to his son's shoulders?
What does Daedalus use to attach the wings to his son's shoulders?
What advice does Daedalus give to his son?
What advice does Daedalus give to his son?
What does Daedalus believe the sun to be?
What does Daedalus believe the sun to be?
What does the howling of Pasiphae sound like to Theseus?
What does the howling of Pasiphae sound like to Theseus?
What were the hands and feet of the Minotaur like?
What were the hands and feet of the Minotaur like?
Why is it more dangerous to be on the Minotaur's head than on a normal bull's head?
Why is it more dangerous to be on the Minotaur's head than on a normal bull's head?
What are the weapons used in the duel between Theseus and the Minotaur?
What are the weapons used in the duel between Theseus and the Minotaur?
Why does Theseus forget to change the sail?
Why does Theseus forget to change the sail?
Who does Narcissus fall in love with?
Who does Narcissus fall in love with?
Orpheus' music has power over the natural world. What do animals do when they hear Orpheus' music?
Orpheus' music has power over the natural world. What do animals do when they hear Orpheus' music?
What is the name of Orpheus' wife?
What is the name of Orpheus' wife?
In what way is Eurydice's dead body like bad music?
In what way is Eurydice's dead body like bad music?
What does Orpheus' song make Charon think of?
What does Orpheus' song make Charon think of?
What does Orpheus' song make Cerberus think of?
What does Orpheus' song make Cerberus think of?
How was Persephone treated in the underworld?
How was Persephone treated in the underworld?
Tantalus is a man who is doomed to be thirsty forever, with water just out of reach. Is he better off after Persephone helps him have a sip to drink?
Tantalus is a man who is doomed to be thirsty forever, with water just out of reach. Is he better off after Persephone helps him have a sip to drink?
Why can't Persephone spend all of her time with Demeter?
Why can't Persephone spend all of her time with Demeter?
For whom did Poseidon invent the dolphin?
For whom did Poseidon invent the dolphin?
Why does Poseidon stop chasing Demeter?
Why does Poseidon stop chasing Demeter?
Why does Aphrodite first decide she doesn't like Psyche?
Why does Aphrodite first decide she doesn't like Psyche?
Who is Eros?
Who is Eros?
According to Psyche's sisters, why is her husband probably a monster?
According to Psyche's sisters, why is her husband probably a monster?
What prevents Psyche from drowning in the river?
What prevents Psyche from drowning in the river?
What does Theseus do to try to make up for his small size?
What does Theseus do to try to make up for his small size?
What advice does the seagull give to Theseus?
What advice does the seagull give to Theseus?
Who is Theseus' father?
Who is Theseus' father?
Did the villagers believe that Theseus would be able to pull the sword from the stone?
Did the villagers believe that Theseus would be able to pull the sword from the stone?
What doe the large man demand that Theseus do?
What doe the large man demand that Theseus do?
Flashcards
Saying Aphrodite's Name
Saying Aphrodite's Name
Greeks who speak Aphrodite's name fall under her spell, glimpsing her beauty and babbling the same story repeatedly.
Hera's Influence
Hera's Influence
Hera ensures Aphrodite chooses Hephaestus by scolding the lame smith-god, hissing instructions for him to speak.
Apollo's First Domain
Apollo's First Domain
Apollo was initially recognized as the god of the sun.
Phaethon's Need for Proof
Phaethon's Need for Proof
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Phaethon's Request
Phaethon's Request
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Gates of Heaven Opener
Gates of Heaven Opener
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Ariadne
Ariadne
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Maker of Ariadne's Thread
Maker of Ariadne's Thread
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Artemis's Choice of Material
Artemis's Choice of Material
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Artemis Silver Source
Artemis Silver Source
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Actaeon's Transformation
Actaeon's Transformation
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Hades' Grievance
Hades' Grievance
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Patron Gods
Patron Gods
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Poseidon's Gift
Poseidon's Gift
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Athene's Gift
Athene's Gift
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Study Notes
- Saying Aphrodite's name causes Greeks to fall under her spell and lose their wits. They glimpse her white shoulders, catch her perfume, and babble the same story.
- Hera ensures Aphrodite chooses Hephaestus by dragging him out and telling him what to say.
- Apollo was always the god of the sun.
- Phaethon seeks proof that Apollo is his father because Epaphos called him a fool for believing his mother.
- Phoebus Apollo is another name for Apollo.
- Phaethon asks to drive the chariot of the sun across the heavens for one day.
- The Hours and rosy-fingered Dawn open the Gates of Heaven for the sun every morning.
- Minos was the most powerful king of Crete.
- Ariadne and Phaedra are the king's daughters.
- When accused by King Minos of having a scheme Theseus responded that "The future does not concern me. I take one thing at a time."
- Daedalus made Ariadne's magic ball of thread.
- Artemis wants her bow and arrow made of silver, not gold.
- Artemis has to go to the sea for silver because it needs cool light and has to be made underwater.
- Artemis turns Actaeon into a stag because he saw her bathing in a stream.
- Hades wants Asclepius dead because Asclepius was robbing him.
- The gods want to be the patron of Cecrops' new city because they see it becoming one of the world's famous cities.
- The judges think Poseidon's gift is a great one and earthquake fine symbols of Poseidon's power.
- The people will be skilled in pottery, so that the jars in which the oil is carried shall themselves be a marvel, and the city shall flourish and be famous, not only in trade but in the arts.
- Heracles' eleventh labor involves fetching the apples of the Hesperides.
- Nereus becomes a coiling snake, wriggling from underneath before yielding to Heracles.
- Heracles tells Atlas he fold his lionskin into a pad for my shoulders while he holds the sky again.
- The centaurs go into a rage and charge at Heracles because they smell when it's opened, and they'll be furious.
- Cheiron was tutor of Jason and Achilles and many famous heroes.
- Twelve of Augeas' cattle were sacred to the sun.
- Heracles could shoot down the birds because of his bow and arrows, from which a scratch meant death.
- King Minos ruled the island of Crete.
- The lionskin partly protects Heracles from Cerberus's biting jaws.
- Nessus tells Deianira that his blood will cause Heracles' love to revive and be as it is now.
- After his death, Hercules given a heavenly body, and made him immortal.
- The Styx was a black and deadly river.
- Psyche doesn't help the old man in the river to avoid dropping one of her loaves.
- Psyche is made into an acceptable wife for Cupid being changed into an immortal
- Clytie went mad because Apollo cared nothing for her.
- Daedalus pushed Talos off of a marble building.
- Knossos is the capital of Crete.
- Pasiphae angers Aphrodite by declaring that she find herself more beautiful than Aphrodite.
- Aphrodite sent the great white bull to Crete.
- Eros, the infant archer, is Aphrodite's son, who infects people with a dangerous fever.
- Persephone was responsible for flowers.
- Zeus sides with Hades because Hades sent him a special gift.
- Persephone is to remain in the underworld if she eats anything from there.
- Someone helps Psyche complete her task.
- Cupid's voice sounds like the wind in the reeds.
- No one has ever broken into the underworld before Orpheus.
- Orpheus trusts that Eurydice is behind him because Hades given his word.
- Eurydice was following Orpheus.
- The mares of Diomede eat human flesh.
- Eurystheus thinks fighting for a precious object would be beyond Heracles' powers.
- Heracles fired an arrow at Oceanus to stop him from trying to sink his boat.
- Sisyphus must push a huge rock uphill for eternity.
- Hephaestus' talents were first noticed when She was amazed at the way the crippled child worked shells and bright pebbles into jewelry.
- Hera put Zeus to sleep with a drugged drink and bound him with rawhide thongs.
- Hera sends snakes to kill Heracles.
- Heracles hurts someone accidentally striking him too hard when he was one of his rages.
- Hermes invented a lyre as a baby.
- Hermes stole Apollo's cattle.
- Apollo couldn't track his cattle because the tracks were not only backwards.
- Apollo takes Hermes to Zeus to settle their fight.
- Hermes and Apollo trade a lyre for cattle and a golden wand to make peace.
- Heracles decided to harm the hind because he could never catch the hind unharmed.
- Nemea was deserted because It was better to lose a cow or a sheep than one's own life
- The area around the Hydra was deserted because It had such a dreadful poison that it infected the very air
- Heracles cuts and buries the Hydra's head.
- Icarus lives with Daedalus because chose to live with him because he so loved and admired his father.
- Daedalus uses wax to attach the wings to his son's shoulders.
- Daedalus told to Icarus “'Keep to the middle air..."
- Daedalus believes the sun to be a monster ball of burning gas which Apollo moves by its own motion.
- Pasiphae's yelling sounds like the wind.
- The Minotaur had hooves and man-like hands.
- Its more dangerous to be on the Minotaur's head because the Minotaur was not a real bull like others.
- Theseus uses a horn as weapon in the duel between Theseus and the Minotaur.
- Theseus forgot to change the sail because he was so happy he forgot his promise to his father.
- Narcissus falls in love with his own reflection.
- Animals followed Orpheus when he played music in the fields
- Orpheus' wife's name was Eurydice.
- Eurydice's dead body like bad music dissatisfied with the way she looked, as he felt when he set a wrong word in a verse.
- Orpheus' song makes Charon think of to the time before he had been taken by Hades and put to work on the black river.
- Orpheus' song makes Cerberus think of his old days.
- Persephone was treated in the underworld with very gently, and with great kindness.
- Tantalus is worse off after Persephone helps him have a sip to drink.
- Persephone can't spend all of her time with Demeter Because the girl had eaten six seeds of the pomegranate.
- Poseidon invented the dolphin to appease Amphitrite's jealous rage.
- Poseidon stops chasing Demeter because he was so fascinated by the horses that he forgot all about Demeter.
- Aphrodite first decide she doesn't like Psyche being neglected, she begged her son to take a terrible revenge.
- Eros, known as Cupid, was the god of love.
- Psyche's sisters believe her husband is a monster because the oracle of Apollo warned Apollo warned you that you would marry a fearful monster.
- "She might have drowned but that river pitied her and carrying her far downstream, cast her up gently on a grassy bank.”
- Theseus make up for his small size by up and down the cliffs, swimming in the roughest seas, lifting logs and rocks, bending young trees
- The seagull gave to Theseus the answer that "do not fear your enemy's size, but use it against him."
- Theseus tells that he is the father to Poseidon.
- The villagers didn't believe that Theseus would be able to pull the sword from the stone.
- When passing by Theseus must Wash the feet of the large man demand does that
- Sciron was a turtle was trained to eat human flesh.
- Crete have the power to demand 14 children from Athens every year because Athens, defeated in a war with Crete
- Rhea and Zeus' potion have mixed mustard and salt with the nectar.
- Aside from his brothers and sisters, Zeus got the help of a one-eye Cyclopes and the Hundred-handed Ones for the war against the Titans "Thousands of centuries before "
- Hyacinthus didn't forsake Apollo the god so the jealous wind swore revenge after the West Wind wanted him to forsake Apollo
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