Greek Curses
This King was known to have a golden touch
Who is King Midas?
Three-headed guardian of the underworld
Who is Cerberus?
He started flying higher and higher, until the wax started melting on his wings under the scorching sun
Who is Icarus?
Medusa, together with her sisters were known as ______
What are gorgons?
Goddess of the harvest
Who is Demeter?
A weaver who challenged Athena and was consequently transformed into a spider
Who is Arachne?
Creature with torso, head and arms of a woman, and talons, tail and wings
What are Harpies?
The first woman who opened a box and released the evils onto the world
Who is Pandora?
Their role was to ensure that every being, mortal and divine, lived out their destiny as it was assigned to them by the laws of the universe
Who are the the Moirai / Sisters of Fate?
Goddess of victory, also a shoe brand
Who is Nike?
He was condemned by the gods for eternity to repeatedly roll a boulder up a hill only to have it roll down again
Who is Sisyphus?
A fire-breathing, three-headed monster with one head of a lion, one of a snake, and another of a goat
What is the Chimera?
He was known as the ferryman of the Underworld
Who is Charon?
Three monstrous giants, of enormous size and strength, with fifty heads and one hundred arms
Who are the Hecatoncheires?
God of woods, fields, and flocks and also a Satyr
Who is Pan?
He was cursed by Zeus to be chained to a rock near the edge of a mountain where an eagle would come every night to eat out his liver. And during the day, his liver would regenerate to be devoured by the eagle at night
Who is Prometheus?
A sea-monster who haunted the rocks of a narrow strait opposite the whirlpool
Who is Scylla?
A giant huntsman who became a constellation
Who is Orion?
Three old women who share one tooth and one eye among them
Who are the Graeae?
God of death
Who is Thanatos?
He was made to stand on a pool of water and above him stood a tree with its branches low enough for him to grab and eat the fruits it bore. But, every time he reached for the fruits the branches would move out of his reach. The water in the pool retreated before he could take a sip.
Who is Tantalus?
This monster dwelt in the Strait of Messina. It was later rationalised as a whirlpool.
Who is Charybdis?
A famous architect who constructed the Labyrinth and crafted wings made of wax and feathers
Who is Daedalus?
Three goddesses of vengeance and retribution who punished men for crimes against the natural order
Who are the Erinyes / Furies?
The sea nymph who held Odysseus prisoner for seven years
Who is Calypso?