Prometheus and Pandora
What object did Zeus give Pandora that she was NOT supposed to open?
a box
Demeter is the goddess of what?
plants/ harvest
Who did Arachne think she was better than at weaving?
Athena
Who was King Aegeus's son?
Theseus
Who was Icarus?
Daedalus' son
What did Prometheus create?
humans
Who is Persephone?
Demeter's daughter
How did Athena disguise herself to Arachne at first?
She looked like an old woman
What happened every 9 years when the black sails came?
7 girls and 7 boys age 18 were taken to King Minos' labyrinth.
Why was Daedalus being punished?
For helping Theseus in the labyrinth (gave the string to Princess Ariadne.)
What did Prometheus steal to give to the humans?
fire
Who spirited Persephone away?
Hades
What does the word "superior" mean?
better, much better, far better
What did Princess Ariadne give to Theseus to help him?
string/ thread
What did Daedalus use to make wings? (give me two things.)
feathers and wax
How did Zeus punish Prometheus?
chained him to a mountain forever
What did Persephone eat in the underworld?
6 pomegranate seeds
What does Athena turn Arachne into?
a spider
What did Theseus defeat in the labyrinth?
minotaur
Flew too close to the son
Who created animals?
Epimetheus
What did this myth explain from the real world?
Why we have different seasons.
What does this myth explain from our world?
How we got spiders/ arachnids
What did Theseus forget to do on the way home?
Change the sails from black to white.
What vocabulary word means to "fall straight down?"
plummet, plummeted