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Metamorphoses
Q: Character; A: Transformation. Too many flashcards from my summer notes :D
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Lycaon | Wolf |
| Deucalion | His stones, when thrown behind his back, became men. |
| Pyrrha | Her stones, when thrown behind her back, became women. |
| Daphne | Laurel tree |
| Io | Cow, later Egyptian goddess Isis |
| Syrinx | Reeds |
| Phaethon | Killed by a lightning bolt, made Libya a desert |
| Heliades | Poplar trees with amber tears |
| Cycnus | Swan |
| Callisto | Bear, later constellation Ursa Major |
| Arcas | Constellation Ursa Minor |
| Coronis | Killed by Apollo |
| Corvus | Crow, feathers from white to black |
| Nyctimene | Owl |
| Asclepius | God of Medicine |
| Ocyrhoe | Mare |
| Battus | Flint |
| Aglauros | Stone |
| Actaeon | Stag |
| Beroe | Juno took the form of this woman, Semele's nurse, when she convinced Semele to ask to see Jupiter in all his glory. |
| Tiresias | Changed to a woman, then back to a man |
| Narcissus | Flower |
| Echo | Bodiless voice |
| Pentheus | This king of Thebes was torn apart by his mother and aunts. |
| Alcithoe | Bat |
| Pyramus and Thisbe | When these star-crossed lovers died, their blood turned the mulberries red. |
| Leucothoe | Frankincense |
| Clytie | Sunflower |
| Hermaphroditus | A man-woman |
| Salmacis | This nymph prayed that she and Hermaphroditus would be made one. |
| Ino | Leocothea, a sea goddess |
| Melicertes | Palaemon |
| Cadmus | Snake |
| Harmonia | Snake |
| Blood of Medusa | Libyan snakes/coral reef |
| Atlas | Mountain |
| Phineus (suitor of Andromeda, not the prophet!) | Stone |
| Polydectes | Stone |
| Pierides | Magpies |
| Cyane | Stream |
| Ascalabus | Lizard |
| Ascalaphus | Screech owl |
| Arethusa | Stream (when pursued by Alpheus) |
| Sirens | Bird-women |
| Lyncus | Lynx |
| Arachne | Spider |
| Niobe | Crying rock |
| Lycian Peasants | Frogs |
| Marsyas | Flayed alive |
| Tears for Marsyas's death | River with his name |
| Pelops | Rebuilt and given an ivory shoulder |
| Procne | Nightengale |
| Itys | This son of Procne was fed to his father as a revenge. |
| Tereus | Hoopoe |
| Philomela | Swallow |
| Aeson | Rejuvenated |
| Cerambus | Beetle |
| Cycnus | Swan |
| Hyrie | Stream |
| Bones of Sciron | Cliffs |
| Aegina | Island |
| Ants | The Myrmidons |
| Laelaps | Statue |
| Teumissian fox | Statue |
| Nisus | Eagle |
| Scylla, daughter of Nisus | Ciris (a bird) |
| Crown of Ariadne | Constellation Corona |
| Perdix | Partridge |
| Sisters of Meleager | Guinea-hens |
| Echinades | Islands |
| Perimele | Island |
| Baucis | Linden tree |
| Philemon | Oak tree |
| Erysichthon | This man is cursed with never-ending hunger - so he eventually eats himself! |
| Mestra | Neptune gives this daughter of Erysichthon the power to take many forms so she can be sold multiple times for food. |
| Achelous | Bull |
| Lichas | Ice/Flint |
| Hercules | A god |
| Galanthis | Weasel |
| Dryope | Lotus tree |
| Lotis | Lotus tree (while fleeing Priapus) |
| Iolaus | Rejuvenated |
| Sons of Callirhoe | Transformed from babies to grown men |
| Byblis | Fountain |
| Iphis | Changed from a woman to a man |
| Lethaea and Olenus | Stone |
| Orpheus | Killed by Maenads |
| Attis | Pine tree |
| Cyparissus | Cypress tree |
| Hyacinthus | Flower |
| Propoetides | Prostitutes/Stones |
| Cerastae | Bulls |
| Galatea (statue) | Human |
| Myrrha | Myrrh tree |
| Adonis | Anemone |
| Atalanta | Lion |
| Hippomenes | Lion |
| Maenads | Oaks |
| Midas | Golden touch/donkey ears |
| Daedalion | Hawk |
| Ceyx | Kingfisher |
| Alcyone | Kingfisher |
| Aesacus | Margus (bird) |
| Iphigenia | Sacrificed at Aulis |
| Protesilaus | This man was the first Greek to step on the Trojan shore, and then the first Greek to die at Troy. |
| Cygnus | Swan |
| Caenis | Changed from a woman to a man named Caeneus |
| Periclymenus | Eagle |
| Ajax | Flower with "AI" on the petals |
| Hecuba | Dog |
| Polydorus | Killed by Polymestor/tree |
| Ashes of Memnon | Fighting birds |
| Tears of Aurora | Morning dew |
| Daughters of Anius | Doves |
| Acis | River/river god |
| Glaucus | Merman |
| Scylla | Monster with dog's heads around her waist |
| Cercopians | Monkeys |
| Sibyl | Bodiless voice |
| Odysseus's crew | Changed to pigs and back to men |
| Picus | Woodpecker |
| Canens | Fountain |
| Companions of Picus | Animals |
| Acmon and companions | Geese |
| Apulian shepherd | Olive tree |
| Ships of Aeneas | Nymphs |
| The City of Ardea | Heron |
| Anaxarete | Stone |
| Iphis | This man hung himself when heartless Anaxarete did not return his love. |
| Romulus | Quirinus (god) |
| Hersilia (wife of Romulus) | Hora (goddess) |
| Euphorbus | Philosopher Pythagoras |
| Phoenix | Born again from its ashes |
| Hyena | Switches gender |
| Hippolytus | Died and brought back to life by Asclepius |
| Egeria | Spring of water |
| Tages | This Etrurian prophet was born from a mound of dirt. |
| Romulus's spear | Tree on the Palatine |
| Cipus | Sprouts horns |
| Julius Caesar | Comet |
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