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What does the word virility mean?
the quality of having strength, energy and manliness
Pan has the legs and horns of what animal?
What is a goat?
Who was the swift-footed young god?
Hermes
What is the meaning of Pan's name?
All
What did Orpheus' father gift him when he was born?
a lyre
What is the meaning of the word flouted as it is used here? 'neither pan nor pitys had remembrance of Boreas, the merciless north wind, whose love the nymph had flouted?'
disregard or mock
Define malignant.
infectious; hostile; malevolent; invasive
Orpheus was the prince of ____________?
Thrace
How did Orpheus get the three headed dog to calm down and be silent?
He began to play his lute?
a strong wind
gale
in a strong, healthy, vigorous way; heartily
What is lustily?
What is the meaning of desolate in this sentence? "His playing lured her further into more dangerous and desolate places"
Lonely and depressing
What would Orpheus need to give Charon to cross the river?
a gold coin
How did Eurydice die?
snake bite
How did the word panic come about?
It described how the creatures felt when they felt Pan's terror at night.
embodied in flesh
What lead to the revival of the sun, lilies and the dragon flies?
Pan's singing
'The gladness of living , the terror of living-the exquisite joy and the infinite pain- that has been the _______________. Fill in the blank
possession of Pan
Who came to bless the marriage of Orpheus and Eurydice's wedding?
Hymen
How did people react to Pan's death?
All the Earth there arose a sound of great lamentation, and the sea the trees, the hills, and all the creatures of Pan sighed in sobbing unison.
Define clamorous.
loud, confusing noise
What was the significance of Pan's crown?
It was in remembrance of another fair nymph whose destruction he had brought about.
What happened when Dryope first looked at her child?
She was smitten with horror and fled.
When Eurydice died where did her spirit go?
to the land of the Shades