Mythological Monsters
An ugly monster with snakes for hair that can turn people to stone by having someone look into their eyes.
What are Gorgons?
She was kidnapped by Hades and represents the coming of spring and vegetation.
Who is Persephone?
Who is King Minos?
This River is the boundary between Earth and the Underworld.
Something that justifies and explains origins and values, the physical world, the nature of fate, the ways of humans and nature, and provides role models of good and evil are called.
What are myths?
A giant three-headed dog with the mane of a snake, a serpent's tail, and the claws of a lion who guarded the gates of Hades.
Who is Cerberus?
She fought Perseus and tried to turn him to stone with the use of her hair of snakes.
Who is Medusa?
Daedalus was an inventor who created the labyrinth with his son. The two were imprisoned in the labyrinth with the minotaur and escaped by creating giant wings covered in wax. This person flew too close to the sun.
Who was Icarus?
Cerberus guards this place from the dead trying to escape and the undead trying to enter.
What is the Underworld?
The gods ate food called nectar and this, along with animal offerings from humans.
What is ambrosia?
A giant one-eyed cyclops, the son of Poseidon, and a shepherd that was blinded by Odysseus.
Who is Polyphemus?
She was made from soil and water as a gift from Zeus. She let loose all the evils upon the world, while trapping hope forever.
Who is Pandora?
This king was rewarded for his kindness to Dionysus and granted a "golden touch." The myth about this person explains what happens when true happiness is not recognized.
Who is King Midas?
The gods and goddesses live on this mountain.
What is Mount Olympus?
Generations, men and women, and people and the gods are examples of these in myths.
What are relationships myths deal with?
A nine-headed serpent with poisonous breath.
What is a Hydra?
The Moirae, named Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos. These three women represent the cycle of life, essentially standing for Birth, Life, and Death.
Who are the Three Sister of Fate?
This hero has a classic story of betrayal and vengeance and like many Greek myths has a tragic ending.
Who is Jason?
This Oracle told Oedipus that he would kill his father and marry his mother.
Who is the Oracle of Delphi?
Myths were meant to be read aloud. They were meant to explain our world and give a sense of this and justice.
What is morality?
A part-man, part-bull who lived in a labyrinth under the castle of King Minos.
What is a minotaur?
This person struck the ground in Greece and sprung forth an Olive tree to give the people food, oil, and firewood. The town took her name.
Who is Athena?
This hero's story is one of pride that often leads to an individual's downfall. This character's pride leads hime to believe that he can trick the gods and change his future.
Who is Oedipus?
Prometheus steals fire from Mount Olympus and takes it here.
What is Earth?
Greek gods and goddesses were usually portrayed in this form.
What is human form?