Zeus (Jupiter) Tales
Zeus loved her, but hid her from Hera as a bear. Then he had to put her and son into sky as two hears
Who is Callisto?
She must marry the young man who beats her in a foot race because she keeps chasing golden apples.
Who is Atalanta?
Because of her pride in claiming to be a better weaver than Athena (Minerva), the goddess turns her into a spider.
Who is Arachne?
Diana (Artemis) spends so much time adoring this young man and forgetting moonrise that Zeus tells him to choose between death and eternal, youthful sleep.
Who is Endymion?
A sea monster, sometimes understood to be a whale.
What is Cetus?
Zeus loves her and carries her around the continent as his back as a bull. Now that continent is named for her.
Who is Europa?
Although Apollo loves this mortal woman, she chooses a mere mortal to marry, so that they can age together.
Who is Marapessa?
While playing a sport, Apollo accidentally kills his friend, and so turns him into a flower to live on.
Who is Hyacinthus?
Apollo's son insists on driving Helios' sun chariot across the sky, but he loses control, driving a crazy path that confuses night and day, then ultimately meets his untimely end.
Who is Phaethon?
Half man, half horse.
What is a centaur?
Titaness and mother of Zeus' twin children, Artemis (Diana) and Apollo.
Who is Latona or Leto?
The sculptor who falls in love with his statue, and then she comes to life.
Who is Pygmalion?
Apollo loves her, but she does not reciprocate. To escape the pursuing god, she becomes the laurel tree.
Who is Daphne?
Apollo is jealous of Artemis' latest crush, so he tricks her into shooting the man from a distance. Broken hearted, Artemis places him in the night sky.
Who is Orion?
Half man, half bull, lives in labyrinth and kills tributes until Theseus kills him.
What is the Minotaur?
Beloved of Zeus, he turns her into a heifer, but Hera finds her, and sets her 100-eyed guard to watch her.
Who is Io?
Cupid (Eros) loves and marries her, but her lack of trust in him nearly destroys things, until she wins him back. His name refers to love and emotion; her name refers to the mind.
Who is Psyche?
She loves Apollo, but he ignores her so much, that she turns into a sunflower, whose head is always turning to follow the (god of the) sun.
Who is Clytie?
His mother ends his life by burning his "life-stick" after a dispute over who gets the boarskin.
Who is Meleager?
3-headed dog, guards entrance to Hades
What is Cerberus?
To help out Aurora who loves this young man, Zeus grants him eternal life, but NOT eternal youth, so he ages into a grasshopper.
Who is Tithonus?
The story at the heart of stories like Romeo and Juliet, a young couple meets in secret, but one mistakenly thinks the other is dead, and soon both are.
Who are Pyramus and Thisbe?
He is arrogant, in love with his reflection in the pond, staring at himself until he turns into a flower. She loves him but can only repeat what he says.
She brags that her 12 children are more beautiful than Latona (Leto's) twin gods, so the latter gets Artemis and Apollo to kill all 12, and mom sobs so much, she turns into a rock-fountain, endlessly crying.
Who is Niobe?
One of 3 Gorgons, hair of snakes, gaze turns humans to stone.
Who is Medusa?