Eros and Psyche
Arion
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Where does it come from, what does it mean?
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The reason that Aphrodite was jealous of Psyche.
What is Psyche was so beautiful.
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The oracle says this to Arion.
What is "no ship shall bring him back from any voyage that he makes."
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Girl molded out of clay; lets out all of the earth's ills.
Who is Pandora.
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Gave fire to man.
Who is Prometheus.
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Fire.
What is Fire comes from the story of “Prometheus”. Prometheus believed that the humans would be better off if they had fire to help them live better lives. He stole fire from the sun and brought it down to the humans on earth. This angered Zeus and he punished Prometheus by chaining him to a mountain and having vultures eat his liver.
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The plan of mischief that Aphrodite planned for Psyche.
What is to have Eros strike her with an arrow while she slept, so she would wake up and fall in love with the first thing she saw (the castle dwarf, the gardener or a donkey).
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The ship's captain reveals this to Arion on their way back from the music festival.
What is that he is going to kill him.
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Famous musician; married Eurydice; looked back while he was saving her, and she dissolved.
Who is Orpheus.
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son of Zeus; challenged Phaethon.
Who is Epaphus.
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Echo.
What is The echo comes from the story “Narcissus and Echo”. Hera punished Echo with a curse that made it so she could only say the last three words that someone said to her because she lied to Hera about what Zeus was doing in the woods.
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The oracle told this to Psyche's parents.
What is she wasn't meant to marry mortal man; she was meant to marry a god.
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The gift that Arion received from Apollo for his 20th birthday.
What is a golden lyre.
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Love god; son of Aphrodite.
Who is Eros.
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Fell in love with his own reflection.
Who is Narcissus.
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The constellation "Arion".
What is The constellation Arion comes from the story “Arion”. Apollo loved the music that Arion played so much that when Arion died, he put him and his lyre and the dolphin that he rode into the sky as stars that formed the constellation of Arion.
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The terrible fear that Psyche develops about her husband.
What is that he is a monster.
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The king of Corinth was so impressed with Arion's dolphin that he told him that he could do this.
What is come and stay in his moat whenever he was in town.
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King of Corinth; friend of Arion.
Who is Periander.
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Made Psyche unsure about her situation with Eros; believed that Eros was actually a monster.
Who are Psyche's sisters.
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Icecaps and volcanoes.
What is The icecaps and volcanoes come from the story of “Phaethon”. Because of the ride that Phaethon took when he drove the sun chariot, he flew too high and that made the earth freeze and form the icecaps. He also flew too close to the earth and that formed the earth to be too hot and formed the volcanoes.
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One of the varying stories about Psyche after Eros left her.
What is she still searches for him always; she turned into an owl and says "who" at night; she was turned into a bat and only comes out at night; her husband forgave her, and they work together in the business of love.
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This is what the King of Corinth does for Arion when he comes back to Corinth.
What is he hides him and establishes a plan for when the robbers return to steal back Arion's stuff.
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The west wind.
Who is Zephyrus.
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Chased after Eurydice to try and kill her; led her to a coil of snakes.
Who is Aristeus.
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The phrase "seeing is believing".
What is The phrase “seeing is believing” comes from the story of “Eros and Psyche”. Psyche had a difficult time not being able to see her husband, Eros, that she went to him in the night when she wasn’t supposed to. She brought a candle, and the wax from the candle spilled on Eros’ shoulder, and he woke up. She needed to see Eros to believe that he was really her husband and not a monster.
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