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Son of Apollo
Who is Phaethon?
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Very steep
What is precipitous?
100
Daedalus built this and was later imprisioned in it.
What is a labyrinth?
100
Phaethon does not believe Epaphos is son of Zeus.
He asks his mother to prove he is Apollo's son.
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To feel unsteady or dizzy
What is reel?
200
Phaethon's mother
Who is Clymene?
200
To presuade not to do something
What is dissuade?
200
Icarus was told to avoid this when flying.
What is the sun and the sea.
200
Cause: Apollo likes what he sees in Phaethon; he is "pleased with his son's beauty and daring."
The effect is Apollo agrees to let Phaethon have proof of his origin.
200
A young bird
What is a fledgling?
300
Claims to be Zeus's son.
Who is Epaphos?
300
Respect and honor
What is deference?
300
Value: "Among all those mortals who grew so wise that they learned the secrets of the gods..."
What is obey your elders?
300
Cause: Icarus ignores his father's warnings and flies to high.
Effect: The wax on Icarus's wings begin to melt.
300
To keep up; to support
What is sustain?
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King who imprisoned Daedalus and Icarus.
Who is King Minos of Crete?
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Skillful, clever
What is cunning?
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The island Daedalus names his son after.
What is Icaria?
400
Cause: Phaethon rides in his father's chariot but loses control of it.
Effect: The sun burns and dries the earth, creating deserts and shrinking the seas.
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An island in the Mediterranean Sea, southeast Greece
What is Crete?
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Young boy who fell from the sky trying to fly.
Who is Icarus?
500
To change direction; to shift
What is veer?
500
Phaethon is too arrogant to heed his father's advice.
Why Phaethon is killed?
500
Cause: Icarus is excited about flying for the first time.
Effect: Icarus forgets his father's warnings.
500
A bird that, according to legend, built a neston the sea and thus calmed the water.
What is a halcyon bird?