Mythical Loves
Who is the goddess of love in Latin AND Greek??
Venus and Aphrodite
We meet this character after he has spent decades in painful disfigurement and shame as a result of trying to escape his shrewish wife with his adorable cousin.
Ethan Frome
Bubonic plague
Which Romantic poet wrote these LITERALLY immortal lines:
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."
John Keats
Bro literally married his own mom. Grrrooooossssss bro!
Oedipus
Who fails to retrieve his lover Eurydice from the Underworld in the ultimate bf fail?
Orpheus
Which Gothic author wrote the short story "Masque of the Red Death," in which a bunch of aristocrats lock themselves away from the sick commoners in town, only to discover they have locked death in with them in the room.
Edgar Allen Poe
What disease is also known by the nickname "consumption"?
Tuberculosis
What famous lovesick swain said this famous thing of his lady:
"O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright.
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night."
Romeo
This Middle Eastern princess dreams of freedom from convention and finds love in the arms of a charming criminal.
Jasmine
Which god did Psyche end up with after his mom tried to punish her for being too beautiful by getting him to marry her to a monster but he ended up keeping her for himself and yeah?
Cupid
This young literary heroine suffers a life-threatening illness that metaphorically transforms her after a devastating romantic disappointment.
Marianne Dashwood
Which delightfully deadly disease that can kill within hours is usually caught through drinking water in places with poor sanitation?
Cholera
Which 17th century poet wrote these words spoken by Adam to Eve:
“How can I live without thee, how forego
Thy sweet converse, and love so dearly joined,
To live again in these wild woods forlorn?"
John Milton
This charming North African queen seduces a married Roman ruler, ruins his war, gets him to commit suicide, and then commits suicide herself to avoid paying for her crimes.
Cleopatra
Which Greek man was so socially awkward that he could only love a woman he sculpted himself?
Pygmalion
Name two diseases soldiers in All Quiet on the Western Front and other novels of the time die of.
Dysentary, malaria, typhoid
Which ancient recurring disease is known for scarring and often blinding its victims?
Smallpox
What Scotsman penned these confusing, old-fashioned lines?
"So fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a’ the seas gang dry."
These two members of the English royalty left their thrones for American divorcees.
King Edward VIII and Prince Harry
What Trojan dude was such a non-achiever that he had to steal Menelaus's wife for himself?
Paris
What disease does Ron Weasley pretend to have in Deathly Hallows?
Spattergroit
Which colorfully named disease, like malaria is passed by mosquitoes?
What RoBro (poet of the Roman Empire) wrote these apt words:
"Time wears out affections,
The absent love fades, a new one takes its place."
Ovid
This Russian queen was married, but also had a string of famous lovers, including the famous military leader Grigory Potemkin.
Catherine the Great