Vocabulary A
Myths, Legends, Fairy
Tales, & Origin Stories
Archetypes
Greek & Roman
Mythology
Vocabulary B
100
excessive praise
What is adulation?
100
a Greek origin story containing three parts
What is Prometheus and the First People?
100
characters that come in three's in Cupid and Psyche
What are the three sisters?
100
the number of years in a millenia (Greek mythology predated Roman mythology by one millenia)
What is 1000 years?
100
urgent
What is dire?
200
made fun of
What is jeered?
200
a Greek example of upstanding friendship
What is Damon & Pythias?
200
the item that allows the prince to find his ideal romantic match in Ashputtle
What is Ashputtle's slipper?
200
The Roman equivalent to Aphrodite
What/Who is Venus?
200
state of calm or peace
What is serenity?
300
to hold up under pain or hardship
What is endure?
300
a gruesome detail from the Cinderella fairy tale, Ashputtle (provide one detail)
What is the cutting of the heel/toe? What is the gouging of the evil sisters' eyes?
300
a supernatural guide that helps the hero in Cupid and Psyche (only name one)
What is Ceres, the river god, or voices?
300
DAILY DOUBLE: the place all the Greek gods and goddesses resided
What is Mount Olympus?
300
relieve; lessen; calm
What is allay?
400
cruel, oppressive ruler
What is a tyrant?
400
Zeus's response to humanity's cruel and corrupt ways
What is The Great Flood?
400
a hero who triumphs over a stronger force in Cupid & Psyche (provide hero and stronger force)
What is Psyche triumphs Venus?
400
the Greek god who ate all of his children
What/Who is Kronos (Cronus)?
400
hard, tiring work
What is toil?
500
to live in
What is inhabit?
500
a group of people who originated from a massive body of water First they tried the sun, then the moon, and finally the earth.
What is the Omaha Tribe?
500
a series of three impossible tasks in Cupid and Psyche
What is the sorting of the grains, the fetching of the gold, and bringing back a box of beauty from Proserpina?
500
the woman responsible for The Coming of Evil in Prometheus and the First People
What/Who is Pandora?
500
left a ship to go ashore
What is disembarked?
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