The Bound Titan
A Song for a Lost Love
It's Greek to Me
I'm Going on an Adventure!
Word Up
100
This titan gave the human race the gift of fire.
Who is Prometheus?
100
The eponymous hero and his lost love.
Who are Orpheus and Eurydice?
100
These are the purposes of mythology.
What are to explain natural occurrences, teach cultural values, to entertain, or to inform.
100
I am the central character in this story. I am often reluctant go on my journey. Without me the Supreme Ordeal cannot be accomplished.
What is a Hero?
100
A natural ability to do something.
What is aptitude?
200
The Titan lit the flame in this.
What is the sunrise?
200
This is what inspires Orpheus.
What is love, or grief over the loss of Eurydice?
200
The custom of stories being told by speech over many generations.
What is oral tradition?
200
I help the Hero on his way. Without me, the Hero would fail.
What is an ally or companion?
200
To go up or climb
What is ascend?
300
The Greeks portrayed the gods as flawed beings. This behavior by Zeus is typical of Greek mythology.
What is becoming extremely angry?
300
A sweet lyre, a soft lullaby, a tune to lift the spirits. This is treasured most by the Greeks.
What is music?
300
I rule the Land of the Dead.
Who is Hades?
300
This item helps a hero on her way.
What is a talisman?
300
Unable to be comforted
What is inconsolable?
400
We all have a purpose and this is the purpose of this myth.
What is to explain natural occurrences, or how humans learned to control fire?
400
This behavior is most likely valued by the culture that wrote this myth.
What is obedience?
400
I am the King of the Gods (Greek)
Who is Zeus or Jupiter?
400
To show hesitation or be unwilling.
What is reluctance?
400
Without bounds, undefined.
What is infinitely?
500
The Titan has this organ devoured by these creatures.
What is his liver and by vultures?
500
One guards the river, the other, the hall.
Who are Charon and Cerberus?
500
Goddess of the Grain and the Harvest, I am sad 6 months of the year when my daughter is in the Underworld.
Who is Demeter?
500
In "A Hero with a Thousand Faces", Joseph Campbell identified a generic tale about a reluctant hero. It is rooted in myth and he gave it this name.
What is Monomyth.
500
Retribution for an injury or wrong.
What is vengeance?
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