Vocabulary
What is a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used in ancient warfare and racing?
What is a Chariot.
Who was the mortal who traveled to the sun palace in search of their father?
Who was Phaethon.
How is the palace of the sun decribed in the myth?
What is shining bright/always high noon/beautiful/jewels, ivory, and gold shining.
True or False? Dont let your pride get the best of you is one of the possible themes of the myth.
What is True.
What is the name of the river that the sun god summoned to grant Phaethon's wish?
What is River Styxs.
What is the act of expressing or feeling sincere regret and remorse?
What is the act of being repentant.
Who was the god who granted a mortal a wish of the sky?
Who was the Sun God/Helios.
What was Phaethon's request to his father?
What is to become the sun god.
True or false? Dont judge a book by its cover.
What is False.
Who were Phaethon's sisters who came to mourn him at the river?
Who were the Heliades.
To give way to arguments, demands, or pressure.
What is to yield.
Who crashed thunderbolts down at the burning chariot?
Who was Jove/Zeus.
Who struck lighting causing Phaethon and the chariot to crash to the ground?
Who is Jove/Zeus.
True or False? Be careful for what you wish for is one of the possible themes of the myth.
What is true.
Which of the mountains was the first to burn when the chariot fell?
What is Mt Olympus.
For a person to place a yoke on an animal, is for the animal to be...
What is to be yoked
Who sent their mortal Son to find their father?
Who was Clymene.
The Bull, Lion, Scorpion, and the Crab are called the...?
What are the Beasts of Prey.,
True or False? Not everything is what it seems is one of the possible themes of the myth.
What is false.
Which of the Beasts of prey did the chariot get damged by?
What are the Scorpion and the Crab.
EXTRA TRIVIA--------What does the name Phaethon mean?
What is the shining one.
Who were the sisters of Phaethon?
Who were The Heliades.
What is the name of the river that Phaethon died and was buried in?
What is the Eridanus river.
True or False? Think before you act 1is one of the possible themes of the myth.
What is true.
What were the names of Phaethon's sisters that visisted his grave?
Who are Lampetia, Phaethusa, and Aegle.