Etiological Entities
Audacious Ancients
Pious Primordials
Blameless(?) Bystanders
Bucolic Babes
100
The tragic demise of these young lovers is the reason for the color of this fruit.
Pyramus and Thisbe, the mulberry.
100
I thought this would be a real feather in my cap, but I should have avoided the stratosphere.
Who is Icarus?
100
This pair was recognized for their piety, especially after a global weather event.
Who are Deucalion and Pyrrha?
100
Hunter sees goddess, oh deer me!
Who is Actaeon (and Diana)?
100
It's hardly a secret
That chase immoral
Now my tree of choice
Is the laurel.
Who are Apollo and Daphne?
200
This filial katabasis resulted in the existence of these annual quadrants, for example, the vernal and aestival.
Who is Proserpina?
200
14 is usually better than 2, unless you can't stop bragging about it.
Who is Niobe and Latona?
200
It always pays to be hospitable to potential deities - even with a goose on the loose.
Who are Baucis and Philemon?
200
My (my) only (only) crime (crime) was (was) loving (loving) someone (someone) unworthy (unworthy)
(and maybe also talking too much, much, much...)
Who is Echo (and Narcissus)?
200
I was minding my business, tending my flocks, when a handsome bovine appeared from nowhere and whisked me away to Crete.
Who are Europa and Juppiter/Jove?
300
Due to my solar flair,
A joyride taken through the air,
I scorched parts of the earth and then
The color of these people's skin.
Who is Phaethon, and Ethiopia?
300
The theme of this cloth might have been a winner with the nymphs, but it earned me a smack on the head from a goddess. Who am I and what did I feature on my tapestry (name at least one specific story therein)?
Arachne depicted many scenes of the gods disguising themselves to seduce mortal women, including Jupiter with Europa, Leda, and Danae.
300
My fate might have been unbearable, but now my progeny and I live among the stars.
Who are Callisto and Arcas?
300
"Don't look back" is the advice I'd give
For then my beloved wife might live
Who is Orpheus and Eurydice?
300
I only have eye for one girl, but she didn't go for my song. If only she liked the bear cubs I gave her!
Who is Polyphemus and Galatea?
400
A capital device, one in a million
Which supplied a horde of new reptilians.
What is the head of Medusa?
400
These leonine lovers should have thought twice before getting wild on my altar.
Who is Cybele, Atalanta, and Hippomenes?
400
Who is Aeneas? (Eye-knee-us)
400
A reverse transformation
From a Juno crisis
Now I'm revered as
The goddess Isis
Who is Io?
400
Many a lover has tried the gate
But only one figured the lock
My horticultural habits of late
I've traded for a nuptial frock.
Who are Vertumnus and Pomona?
500
A golden center
Ringed by white
Is what I got
For love at first sight
Who is Narcissus?
500
You've heard my song
And read my rhyme
You know I'm the greatest
Of all time
But my words alone
Couldn't reconcile
And so I traveled
for many a mile.
Who is Publius Ovidius Naso?
500
You've heard my song
And read my rhyme
You know I'm the greatest
Of all time
But my words alone
Could not reconcile
And so I traveled
For many a mile.
Who is Publius Ovidius Naso?
500
When I said I wanted an island vacation, this isn't what I was thinking of. If only I'd held onto that thread!
Who is Ariadne (and Theseus)?
500
This divine consort found her lover tending herds on the mountaintop. Unfortunately he tripped up by blabbing to his friends.
Who is Venus and Anchises?