Mini Myths
Four Great Adventures
Greek Gods
Mortal Heroes
Greek Concepts
100
Zeus was unfaithful to his wife with a woman named Aegina. The island for which she was named was thus punished by Hera with a deadly plague. After the population was decimated, the king saw a group of ants and wished they'd be transformed into humans: they were.
What is the Myrmidons
100
Freebie
What is freebie
100
Zeus's wife. Super jealous.
What is Hera
100
This hero had a formerly evil witch fall in love with him, impregnated the Queen of Lemnos then abandoned her, was known to walk around with only one sandal on, and captured the Golden Fleece in the land of Colchis.
What is Jason
100
Excessive pride
What is hubris
200
This vain man caught the eye of all the ladies but refused to love anyone. The gods punished him by making him fall in love with himself - he died when he was admiring his reflection in a lake.
What is Narcissus
200
This hero was the son of Apollo/Helios. He convinced his father to let him fly the sun chariot, wound up setting the sky on fire because it was too unwieldy for him to fly properly, and was shot down by one of Zeus's lightning bolts. He died after crashing into a Hyperborean river.
Phaeton
200
Messenger god - winged sandals, helped Perseus.
What is Hermes
200
This hero was the strongest of all the mortals. He was the son of Zeus, which Hera decided made him her enemy. She caused him to go mad with rage and kill his entire family. At that point, being a very guilt-prone man, he completed twelve "labors" as penance. He kidnapped the then-child Helen of Troy for a brief period.
What is Hercules
200
A plot structure, symbol, character, or idea which pops up in the stories of many different cultures
What is an archetype
300
An artist who thought women were lame sought to show men how lame they were by creating a statue of a woman. However, he fell in love with the statue and was miserable until Aphrodite took pity and transformed the statue into a real woman. They lived happily ever after.
What is Pygmalion & Galatea
300
These huge brothers thought they should be able to hang out with the Olympians, so they tried to stack mountains on top of one another in order to reach the lofty mount. They captured Ares and held him a bronze jar. They accidentally shot one another when trying to chase Artemis, who was disguised as a white stag.
What is Otus & Ephialtes
300
Creator of man. Chained to a mountain where an eagle ate his guts - punishment by Zeus for stealing fire from Olympus and giving it to humans to keep them warm.
What is Prometheus
300
This female heroine was left on a mountain to die by her father, who was disappointed not to have a son. She participated in the Calydonian boar hunt, where Meleager fell in love with her. She married Meleager - despite not wanting to marry anyone - after he beat her in a foot race. Aphrodite helped Meleager by giving him three of the golden apples of Hesperides, which he threw in front of her, distracting her and winning a foot race: she had said she'd marry anyone who could beat her in a foot race.
What is Atlanta
300
A character's "tragic flaw" which leads to his or her demise
What is hamartia
400
A musician whose talents were renowned even on Mount Olympus fell in love with a girl who was killed by a snake. He went to Hades to try to get her back but didn't succeed. Thereafter, he wandered the earth, sad and playing music, until a group of Maenads (Dionysus' female followers) killed him.
What is Orpheus & Eurydice
400
This hero managed to get a golden bridle from Athena and used it to ride the flying horse Pegasus. Zeus, angered at his arrogance, made him fall off of Pegaus and this hero spent the rest of his life wandering the earth alone.
What is Bellerophon
400
Twin gods (girl & boy) whose mother, Leto, was forced to give birth on floating islands by Hera because Leto was pregnant by Zeus.
What is Apollo & Artemis
400
It was prophesied that this hero would kill his grandfather, so he was cast away by his grandfather and was raised by his mother and a fisherman. He grew up to be a great hero and was helped by Hermes and Artemis in his quest to kill the Gorgon Medusa. He succeeded.
What is Perseus
400
The Greek belief that you should pursue excellence in everything you do
What is arete
500
This myth follows the basic premise of "Romeo and Juliet"
What is Pyramus & Thisbe
500
This mortal hero built the Labyrinth for King Minos to hold his wife, Pasiphae's, monstrous son, produced from her union with a bull, called the Minotaur.
What is Daedalus
500
Goddess of corn, makes things grow. Daughter Persephone is abducted by Hades.
What is Demeter
500
The hero of Athens. He saved Hercules from killing himself, was a great hero who defeated many monsters. He was most famous for killing the Minotaur, with the help of King Minos' daughter Ariadne. He later abandoned Ariadne on an island, where she died. He went into the underworld to get with Persephone. He later married a woman named Phaedra, as a result of Aphrodite's jealous machinations, fell into unrequited love with Hippolytus, this man's son from another marriage. Phaedra killed himself, Hippolytus was killed, and this man was killed not long after.
What is Theseus
500
The impulse a character follows which leads to their demise.
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