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DFV January 3, '05
mythology
Question | Answer |
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Io (turned into what?) | Cow |
Leda ( Zeus was a ___) | swan |
Mercury's mom | Maia |
Ganymede (abducted by what animal) | eagle |
labyrinth (what) | maze |
Daedalus | built wings to escape maze |
Simile | caught fire in Zeus' glory |
Sewed onto Zeus' thigh (who) | simile's son Bacchus |
Thesus | killed minotaur |
Ariadne | helped thesus, he abandoned her |
Callisto (turned into what?) | bear, Ursa major |
Ursa Minor (Who) | callistos son, Arcus |
twins born from egg (2 sets) | Pollux+ Castor, Helen+Clytemnestra |
Icarus | Daedalus' son, fell into ocean wings melted |
7 sisters ( other name) | Pleadis |
who killed Medusa? | Perseus |
How did Perseus find Medusa? | Graiae- shared one eye & tooth, Medusa's relatives |
Narcissus (who) | loved his reflection |
Who did Narcissy spurn? | Echo |
What was Narcissy turned into? | Narcissus flower |
Who was sacrificed to Minotaur? (country) | Athenians |
Zeus arrived to Europa as ____ | white bull |
what strait did zeus and Europa cross? | Bosporos Strait |
100 eyed monster | Argus |
Phaiton (who?) | caught stuff on fire with sun chariot and zeus hit him with lightening bolt |
Andromedia ( what happened?) | sacrificed to sea monster by mom |
Andromedia (saved by?) | Perseus |
Phaiton's sisters tears turned into what? | amber |
Phaiton's sisters turned into what trees? | poplar |
Acteon | turned into a deer by Diana |
Danae (Zeus as _____) | shower of gold |
latin for trees | Arbores |
Latin for shield | aegis |
IO is related to what goddess | Isis |
IO ended up in____? country | Egypt |
What is Medusa? | Gorgon |
Who turned Arachne into a spider? | Minerva |
why did Minerva turn Arachne into a spider? | Arachne lost the weaving contest |
how did Perseus kill his grandfather? | hit him in head with discus on accident |
who was Danae's son? | Perseus |
how did Perseus kill Medusa? | he was "invisible" and saw her reflection in shield |
who was the most beautiful Pleiades? | Maia Mercury's mom |
who was the Icarian sea named after? | Icarus (he fell into it) |
who is Phaiton's dad? | Helios |