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myths Dunay
myth test vocab ms. Dunay
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Perseus | |
| Chaos | existed before all else |
| Cronus | Defeated Chaos. swallowed his children |
| Rhea | Cronus' wife |
| Gaea | Earth Goddess; Mother Earth |
| Uranus | One of the original children. Sky god |
| Cronus | Swallowed his children whole because he heard that one of his children would replace him |
| Cyclops | one eyed giants, they were good craftsmen |
| Gods | The Immortals |
| Titans | |
| heroes | mortals who have super human qualities. [birth, destiny, quest, journey, romance, journey home, fatal flaw, |
| Eros | God of love, who hit mortals with the "love" arrow |
| Zeus | King of the Gods |
| Poseidon | God of the Sea |
| Ares | he was a bully and a coward. God of War |
| Persephone | queen of the Underworld for 6 months of the year |
| Demeter | God of all living things who got very upset when her daughter, Persephone was taken from her to the Underworld |
| Artemis | Daughter of Leto; twin to Apollo |
| Aphrodite | Goddess of love |
| Athena | Born from Zeus' brain |
| Graces | x |
| Muses | x |
| Fates | x |
| Charon | The ferryman who gets people across the River Styx |
| Cerberus | The three headed dog who guards the gates to the Underworld |
| Styx | The River in the Underworld |
| Tartarus | The opening in Asia Minor that leads to the Underworld |
| Prometheus | Brought fire to mankind |
| Hephaestus | Smith god. He could make anything. Thought too lame to reside on Mt. Olympus his mother, Hera welcomed him back after he gave beautiful gifts to all the gods. |
| Epimetheus | x |
| Echo | x |
| Minotaur | half man half bull who lived in the Labyrinth under the palace of Minos |
| labyrinth | the dungeon where the minotaur was kept |
| ate | state of temporary madness |
| arete | striving for excellence |
| hubris | excessive pride |
| anthropromorphic | Gods can change into mortals (disguises) at any time. that's why you should be nice to them |
| nemesis | x |
| ambrosia | x |
| Atlas | x |
| Medusa | x |
| Pandora | First woman on earth who can be blamed for all the troubles of mankind b/c she was too curious |
| The Sacred King | x |
| destiny (heroes) | x |
| quest (heroes) | x |
| myths as moral directives | x |
| myths as explanations of natural phenomena | x |
| the ages of man | x |
| the dangers of hubris | x |
| myth concepts of crime and punishment | x |
| why mythology failed as a religion | x |
| Apollo | Artemis's brother, Great archer |
| Hades | God of the Underworld. He stole Persephone to the Underworld |
| Hera | Queen of Mt. Olympus; Wife of Zeus; Scorned by her husband many times over |
| Arachne | the boastful women who was an excellent weaver who was turned into a spider by a vengeful Athena |
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