Tales of Heroes
I was chained to a rock, doomed to die at the hands of a terrifying sea monster when this hero swooped in to save me. Name the hero and who he rescued.
Perseus and Andromeda
One look back toward Hades cost me the love of my life.
Orpheus
Body of a man, head of a bull (conceived out of wedlock)
Minotaur
riotous; jovial
Bacchic
Although technically the youngest member of my family, some might say I am the oldest because the others had to be disgorging from Cronus's stomach - kind of like a rebirth...so am I youngest or oldest or youngest of the non-disgorged?
Zeus
I showed enormous strength from my birth. Hera sent two snakes to kill me (she has issues with my mother), but I was easily able to strangle them.
Hercules
I am a sorceress who used my skills to help a great hero. The gods' interference cause us to fall in love, but our tale did not have a happy ending (especially for our children).
Medea
Demeter
An exaggerated sense of self importance
Find one of these, and you may enjoy immortality.
Golden Apples of the Hesperides
My brother is actually the hero to mankind, not me. One might actually say my involvement with my wife, who I convinced to open a chest my brother specifically said not to, makes me the opposite of heroic.
My father pities my situation with a relentless suitor and turns me into a Laurel tree.
Daphne
Midas
Colossal
titanic
Just try to outrun me! I survived the Calydonian bear hunt but was felled (meaning forced to marry) by Hippomenes who used golden apples to distract me.
Atalanta
I am a half-man-half-bull creature born to the wife of King Minos (but not fathered by him, obviously!). Minos was embarrassed and hid me away in a labyrinth.
Minotaur
My curiosity almost brought about my ruin. I broke a promise to my love by looking at his face. He cast me off, but we eventually reconciled.
Psyche
My winged sandals and invisible helmet save the day for Perseus.
Hermes
Adonis
Power couple: "Sky" & "Earth"
Ouranos and Gaia
I am a hero of the Trojan War. My best friend was Patroclus. I would have survived the war were it not for a fatal error made by my mother.
Achilles
I am a sculptor. I am so talented I created something so beautiful that I fell in love with it. I prayed to this goddess to send me a woman as beautiful as the one I'd chiseled from ivory. Who am I and who did I pray to?
Pygmalion and Aphrodite
My pride in my handiwork earned the stern rebuke of a goddess who, in her jealous rage, changed me from human to anthropoid.
Arachne
love and desire
Eros
Actaeon