Doomed Lovers
What is "he looks back at her"
Zeus seduced the mother of this Gorgon-slaying hero while she was locked in a box by her mean father.
Who is Perseus?
Ran off with Paris and started a huge war.
Who was Helen of Troy?
Pygmalion gets to be with his beloved Galatea after she is transformed into a human from this.
What is a statue?
God of the underworld who was loyal to his wife Persephone (even though he abducted her)
Who was Hades/Pluto?
Queen of Carthage who kills herself after she is rejected by Aeneas, the Trojan prince destined for Italy.
Who is Dido?
When Zeus accidentally kills Semele by showing her his true form, he saves her by sewing him into this part of his body
What is his thigh?
Waited 20 years for her voyaging husband to return from war.
Who is Penelope?
What are trees?
Andromeda is rescued in this model of the "damsel in distress" myth by this young hero.
Who is Perseus?
Apollo accidentally kills this lover (who then transforms into a flower) with a discus.
Who is Hyacinth?
Form that Zeus took to seduce Leda (the mother of Helen of Troy, Clytemestra, and Castor and Pollux).
What is a swan?
Best Greek warrior who fell deeply in love with the warrior maiden Penthesileia - just before he killed her!
Who is Achilles?
Syrnix was a nymph transformed into a set of pipes played by this half-goat nature god after she refuses him.
Who is Pan?
Dionysus rescues this princess of Crete after Theseus abandons her on the island of Naxos.
Who is Ariadne?
What is a wall?
Zeus abducted the handsome young Trojan Ganymede while in what form?
What is an eagle?
Who is Menelaus?
After Zeus seduced Io, she was transformed into this creature while she is pursued by Hera.
What is a cow?
Psyche marries this god thinking he is a hideous monster in this myth that is probably the main origin of the "Beauty and the Beast" fairy tale.
Who is Cupid?
This Greek hero is driven to madness by Hera and murders which of his wives?
Who is Megara (sorry Disney Hercules fans!)
Alcmene was seduced by Zeus in this form when she conceived Hercules.
What is "her husband"?
Hecuba was married to this king of Troy and had up to 50 children with him.
Who is Priam?
Echo was in love with this famously self-absorbed young man who transforms into a flower?
Who is Narcissus?
After his death, Hercules becomes a god and marries Hebe who is a daughter of this worst enemy of his.