Pandora, Deucalion, and the winds
All the evils in the world escaped from Pandora's box when she opened it. What was saved at the bottom?
Hope
How did Phaethon get to drive Helios's chariot?
He was Helios's mortal son
Echo fell in love with a beautiful young man named Narcissus, who died because _____________________________.
he became so obsessed with his own beauty that he stayed by the side of a river, gazing at his own reflection, until he wasted away and died
Asclepius was the first ____________.
doctor
The Nine Muses are the patronesses of the arts and turn stories into poems and songs. They were first taught by Mnemosyne, who was their mother and the goddess of ________________.
memory
Zeus gave Pandora a box/jar she was not supposed to open. He also gave her ___________________.
Great curiosity
Eos was the goddess of the __________. She married a mortal prince named _______________. He was young and handsome at first, but eventually shrank until he became a __________________.
dawn
Tithonus
grasshopper
_________ cursed Echo, so that she could only repeat the words others said.
Hera
What is a centaur? From what king are they descended?
Centaurs are half-men, half horse.
They are descended from Ixion.
Hades allowed Orpheus to lead his wife Euridice up from the underworld on this one condition:
Zeus solved the problems created by Pandora's box by _______________________________.
destroying out all the unjust people on the earth with a great flood
The Heliades were ________________.
Helios's five daughters
The greatest honor a hero or athlete could receive in ancient Greece was a ____________________.
laurel wreath
How was Chiron different from other centaurs?
Most centaurs were violent and cruel, but Chiron was wise and kind.
Orpheus was the son of ____________________, who is the muse of epic/heroic poetry.
Calliope
The keeper of all the winds is named _____________.
Aeolus
Selene fell in love with Endymion. She wanted him to always stay young and handsome (and not shrink like her sister's husband) so she asked Zeus to __________________________________________.
make Endymion sleep forever so he would always stay young
What was the name of the musical instrument Pan made out of reeds?
panpipe/syrinx
Asclepius was struck down by Zeus after Asclepius __________________________________.
accepted gold for bringing the dead back to life
The muses sang and played music on the slopes of ______________________________.
Mount Parnassus
North Wind - Boreas
South Wind - Notus
West Wind - Zephyr
East Wind - Eurus
What happened to the earth when Phaethon drove too high or to low?
What ultimately ended Phaethon's reckless ride?
When he drove too high, the earth froze and turned to ice. When he drove too low, the earth cracked under the dry heat of the sun and rivers and lakes dried up. Zeus hurled a thunderbolt at Phaethon in order to save the earth from being destroyed.
Who is Pan? What does he look like?
Pan is the god of nature.
He has shaggy goat legs and horns, and a human torso. He was so ugly that his mother ran away screaming when she first saw him.
She was Asclepius's daughter and the first nurse.
She washed her patients with soap and water (used hygiene!).
How did Orpheus die?
Orpheus was lamenting his lost Euridice once again and making all the world weep when some wild nymphs stormed through the forest where Orpheus was. They wanted Orpheus to join them and shouted so loudly that they could not hear his beautiful music. When Orpheus did not join them, they rushed upon him in rage and tore him to pieces.