Show:
Major Myth Players
Gods and Peeps
Greek Stuff
Creatures
Lesson Learned
100
Builder of the labyrinth at Crete and of wings to fly he and his son off the island (maybe shouldn't have used wax though)
Who is Daedalus?
100
Son of the King of Athens. He went to Crete to kill the minotaur
Who is Theseus?
100
Hero of the Trojan War with a weakness in his heal
Who is Achilles?
100
1/2 man 1/2 bull creature
What is Minotaur?
100
Traveler for religious purposes
What is a pilgrim?
200
Talented Lyre player who made a trip to the underworld to try to rescue his wife from Hades
Who is Orpheus
200
Son of Zeus and a mortal woman, he was born with extraordinary strength and was later granted immortality
Who is Hercules?
200
Hero of the Trojan War (inventor of the "trojan Horse" he journey's home to his wife Penelope and encounters many mythical creatures.
Who is Odysseus?
200
1/2 man 1/2 horse creature
What is centaur?
200
He flew too close to the sun and melted his wings
Who is Icarus? (Should have listened to Dad!)
300
Daughter of Demeter, she is missed so much that earth experiences winter during the months she is with Hades
Who is Persephone?
300
Son of Zeus and Danae, he was sent on a quest to kill the gorgan, medusa
Who is Perseus?
300
Your unchangeable, predetermined future ordained by the Gods
What is fate?
300
God of the Underworld
Who is Hades?
300
She couldn't resist looking inside the box that Hermes gave her for a wedding gift.
Who is Pandora? (Should have resisted temptation!)
400
Beautiful mortal who releases disease, greed, slander and famine on the world--but reserves hope for each mortal
Who is Pandora?
400
The person who wrote down the original Greek myths in 750BC
Who is Homer?
400
The idea that you can choose your own future
What is "free will"?
400
one eyed monster
What is a cyclops?
400
She got left on an island when Theseus left without her
Who is Princess Ariadne (Be careful who you trust)
500
The underworld-afterlife for the wicked
Where is Tartarus?
500
Term for a man with superior strength who is presented with a difficult life--and prevails
What is a hero?
500
Tragic hero fated to marry his mother and kill his father
Who is Oedipus?
500
3-headed dog that guards the entrance to the underworld
Who is Cerberus?
500
He looked back for Eurydice before coming out of the underworld and she was sent back to the underworld forever.
Who is Orpheus? (Temptation...it will get you every time!)