Zeus's Shenanigans
In the myth where Io is turned into a _______ by Zeus in order to hide her from Hera, Hera begs Zeus to give her the bull, knowing it's true identity. Zeus begrudgingly agrees as his former lover is forever trapped in that form.
What is Bull, cow, heifer etc.
Meaning of Minotaur
What is Bull of Minos?
Number of Principal Deities in the Olympic Pantheon.
What is 12?
______ was being pursued by Apollo as a love-interest, and instead of giving into the Olympian, she invoked her river-god father, and turned into a Laurel tree.
Who is Daphne?
Tantalus abused the gods hospitality and fed his own son to the gods to test their omniscience. As punishment when he died, he stood in a pool of water with low hanging vines. When he reached for either, they would ________ thus was left _________.
What is "Receded, disappeared" and "Starved/without food"
Perseus's mother was trapped in an underground prison. Thing Zeus transformed into in order to enter.
What is a Shower of Golden Rain
Poseidon gifted Minos a snow-white bull to sacrifice in his name, instead Minos kept it and as punishment, Made his wife _______.
What is Fall madly in love with the bull? (Or something similar)
How many (soon to be) gods were successfully eaten by Kronos?
Narcissus was a beautiful youth who rejected all lovers, until he fell in love with ________________, distraught that they couldn't be together, he cried until Narcissus was all that was left.
What is His own reflection.
Ixion was tied to a wheel that spun forever after he lusted after this woman.
Who is Hera?
Name of the war between Kronos and the Olympians.
What is the Titanomachy?
Pasiphaë, Minos's wife, tasked ______ with building her a wooden, hollow bull.
Who is Daedalus?
Father and Mother of the first generation of titans,
Who are Gaia and Ouranos?
Syrinx, Follower of Artemis and took a vow of chastity, begged the naiads to help her escape Pan, and they turned her into _______. He then invented the Pan-pipes.
What are Reeds?
Sisyphus, when finally killed he told his wife to throw his body in the tow square, in the underworld, he pleaded to Persephone that he did not get a _____ _______, she relented and sent him to the living world.
What is Proper Burial, or respect?
Reason Zeus killed Asclepius.
What is because he revived the dead?
As the Minotaur grew ferocious, Minos consulted the oracle of Delphi and commissioned "ThingA" to construct a "ThingB". Before imprisoning "ThingA" so no one would know the secrets of "ThingB".
ThingA:Daedalus, ThingB:Labyrinth.
Athena was birthed, fully grown and clothed, without a mother, From where?
Zeus's skull, which she spilt open.
Hyacinth, beautiful spartan prince who was a lover of Apollo was tragically killed by a _____ when having a competition with Apollo.
What is a Discus?
Prometheus, for giving humanity fire, was bound to a rock with an eagle eating his ________ everyday!
What is Liver?
Eris through a golden apple unto a wedding, declaring it belonging to fairest maiden, Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena, tried to pick it up and asked Zeus to decide who it belonged to. Zeus pushed to responsibility to a mortal, Paris, who choose _________, inadvertently starting to Trojan War.
Who is Aphrodite?
Daedalus instructed Icarus to not fly too high, lest the wax wings melt, and not fly too low, lest __________.
The sea foam weigh the wings down.
In one version of Dionysus's birth, Hera tricked a pregnant mortal lover of Zeus into requesting him to show her his godly form, which annihilated her. Zeus took the infant and sewed him into his ___________.
What his Thigh?
Hermes and Zeus looked for worthy and kind men among a village, and found an old couple who welcomed them and gave them food. Upon their death, they turned them into this plant:
What are two trees wrapped around each other.
Orpheus traveled to the underworld and made a deal with Hades, he could could leave, with his lover following him, as long as he didn't _________________.