Mythology

Tales of Heroes

100

I was chained to a rock, doomed to die at the hands of a terrifying sea monster when this hero swooped in to save me.  Name the hero and who he rescued.

Perseus and Andromeda

200

I showed enormous strength from my birth.  Hera sent two snakes to kill me (she has issues with my mother), but I was easily able to strangle them.

Hercules

300

My brother is actually the hero to mankind, not me. One might actually say my involvement with my wife, who I convinced to open a chest my brother specifically said not to, makes me the opposite of heroic.

Epimetheus

400

I am a half-man-half-bull creature born to the wife of King Minos (but not fathered by him, obviously!). Minos was embarrassed and hid me away in a labyrinth.

Minotaur

500

I am a hero of the Trojan War.  My best friend was Patroclus.  I would have survived the war were it not for a fatal error made by my mother.

Achilles

Tales of Love

100

One look back toward Hades cost me the love of my life.

Orpheus

200

I am a sorceress who used my skills to help a great hero.  The gods' interference cause us to fall in love, but our tale did not have a happy ending (especially for our children).

Medea

300

My father pities my situation with a relentless suitor and turns me into a Laurel tree.

Daphne

400

My curiosity almost brought about my ruin.  I broke a promise to my love by looking at his face.  He cast me off, but we eventually reconciled.

Psyche

500

I am a sculptor.  I am so talented I created something so beautiful that I fell in love with it.  I prayed to this goddess to send me a woman as beautiful as the one I'd chiseled from ivory.  Who am I and who did I pray to?

Pygmalion and Aphrodite

Side Kicks & Creatures

100

Body of a man, head of a bull (conceived out of wedlock)

Minotaur

200

When my side-kick (daughter) disappears, I wreak havoc on the earth.

Demeter

300

My tale has several foolish moments, but the most embarrassing was when I annoyed Apollo and he turned my lovely human ears into donkey ears (at least I could still eat, though).

Midas

400

My winged sandals and invisible helmet save the day for Perseus.

Hermes

500

My pride in my handiwork earned the stern rebuke of a goddess who, in her jealous rage, changed me from human to anthropoid.

Arachne

Terms

100

riotous; jovial

Bacchic

200

An exaggerated sense of self importance

Narcissistic

300

Colossal

titanic

400

young and handsome

Adonis

500

love and desire

Eros

Grab Bag

100

Although technically the youngest member of my family, some might say I am the oldest because the others had to be disgorging from Cronus's stomach - kind of like a rebirth...so am I youngest or oldest or youngest of the non-disgorged?

Zeus

200

Find one of these, and you may enjoy immortality.

Golden Apples of the Hesperides

300

Just try to outrun me!  I survived the Calydonian bear hunt but was felled (meaning forced to marry) by Hippomenes who used golden apples to distract me.

Atalanta

400

Power couple: "Sky" & "Earth"

Ouranos and Gaia

500

I meet my end when my own dogs devour me.  Of course, there is an overly emotional member of Mt. Olympus behind the dogs' behavior.

Actaeon