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Myth Quiz
Ms. Bailes SJMS Myth Quiz 1Study Guide
| Question/Greek Name | Answer/Description | Roman Name |
|---|---|---|
| Artemis | Apollos twin, symbol is the deer. She was the forest goddess, goddess of the moon, young and wild. Goddess of hunting | Diana |
| Hephaestus | God of the forge,god of fire, blacksmith and armorer of gods. Son of Zeus and Hera, husband of Aphrodite | Vulcan |
| Hermes | God of the theives and the market place he was a messenger god, had wings on his hat and on his feet, he also lead souls to the underworld carries caduceaus. | Mercury |
| Apollo | God of the sun, poetry, medicine, and prophecy. | Apollo |
| Athena | Goddess of Wisdom and war, arts and crafts. Daughter of Zeus; Sprang from Zeus’ brow; Protector of Odysseus on his journey. | Minerva |
| Poseidon | God of the seas and horses | Neptune |
| Hades | God of the underworld, god of wealth of the underworld such as gems and minerals. | Pluto |
| Hera | Wife of Zeus, goddess of marriage | Juno |
| Demeter | Goddes of the harvest. Mother of Persephone. | Ceres |
| Zeus | God of sky and upper world. Ruler of weather. | Jupiter |
| Dionysus | God of wine, vineyards | Bacchus |
| Aphrodite | Goddess of love and beauty | Venus |
| Persephone | Daughter of Demeter | (blank) |
| Who kidnapped Persephone? | Hades | x |
| What did Persephone eat in the Underworld? | Pomegrante seeds | x |
| What happened to the Earth while Demeter looked for Persephone? | Nothing grew, no crops, no food. | x |
| Why did Persephone have to return to the Underworld? | Because she ate the seeds. | x |
| What happens when Persephone is with Demeter part of the year? | The Earth has spring and summer. | x |
| What happens to the Earth when Persephone is with Hades part of the year? | The Earth is in winter and fall and nothing grows. | x |
| Who did Demeter ask to make Hades return Persephone? | Zeus | x |
| Who did Demeter take care of during the time she was searching for Persephone? | Demophon | x |
| What did Demeter try to do to Demophon? | She tried to make him immortal. | x |
| How did Demeter try to make Demophon immortal? | She fed him ambrosia and put him into a fire nightly. | x |
| What stopped Demophon from becoming immortal? | His mother, Metanira, saw Demeter put Demophon in the fire and screamed and angered Demeter. | x |
| What is a myth? | A myth is a lesson in story form that attempts to explain something such as natural occurences. | (blank) |
| What were King Midas' most important possessions? | His wife, his daughter and his garden. | (blank) |
| Who did Midas find in his garden? | Silenus, the satyr. | (blank) |
| Who was the master of Silenus? | Dionysus, the God of Wine and Merriment. | (blank) |
| What did Silenus promise Midas for not turning him into Dionysus? | To tell him stories. | (blank) |
| How did Dionysus reward Midas for taking care of Silenus? | He gave him a gift. | (blank) |
| What gift did Midas want from Dionysus? | Midas wanted the golden touch. | (blank) |
| Why did Midas want the golden touch/ | Midas was a greedy king and thought the golden touch would make him more powerful and wealthier. | (blank) |
| What happened after Midas received the golden touch? | He turned his roses into golden, then his food and then his daughter. | (blank) |
| How did Midas respond to his new gift? | He became very upset because he realized that he lost everything that mattered the most to him. | (blank) |
| What did Midas do after he turned his daughter to gold? | He asked Dionysus to remove his golden touch? | (blank) |
| What did Midas have to do to remove his golden touch? | He had to bath in a sacred river. | (blank) |
| The story of Midas and the golden touch is used to explain what natural occurence? | Gold found in rivers. | (blank) |
| What kind of creature was Echo? | Echo was a nymph or fairy of the hills. | (blank) |
| How did Echo anger Hera? | Echo distracted Hera by talking and talking to allow Zeus to sneak back to Olympus after he was visiting the nymphs. | (blank) |
| What was Echo's major flaw? | She talked too much? | x |
| How did Hera punish Echo? | She put a curse on Echo so she would be able to only repeat what others say and never speak unless someone else speaks first. | x |
| What was Narcissus' major flaw? | He loved only himself and laughed at the nymphs who loved him. | x |
| What happened when Echo saw Narcissus? | She fell in love and nothing else mattered but to get him to love her. | x |
| What happened to allow Echo to speak to Narcissus? | He became lost on the moutain, Echo followed him, he called out for his friends and she was able to repeat his words. | x |
| What did Narcissus do when Echo tried to kiss and hug him? | He pushed her away and said he would rather die than kiss her. | x |
| Who heard Narcissus treat Echo so badly? | Aphrodite, the goddess of love. | x |
| What happened to Echo after Narcissus rejected her? | She wasted away and died, but Aphrodite kept her voice alive to repeat the words of anyone among the rocks. | x |
| What did Aphrodite do to Narcissus? | She cursed him to love no one but himself and to die of unrequited love (love given to someone, but not returned) | x |
| Why was Aphrodite angry with Narcissus? | He had insulted Echo's love and Aphrodite represents love. To her this was the same as insulting the goddess. | x |
| What happened to Narcissus after he was cursed? | He went to a pool of water for a drink and saw his reflection. He fell madly in love with the face he saw. He did not know it was his face. | x |
| What happened when Narcissus tried to kiss and hug the face he saw? | The face vanished when he tried to kiss it or hug it. | x |
| What did Narcissus do at the pool of water? | He stayed there day after day looking at his reflection, waiting for it to love him back. | x |
| What happened to Narcissus in the end? | Narcissus wasted away as Echo did with a broken heart. | x |
| What happened the next spring where Narcissus died? | A flower now called the Narcissus sprang up. | x |
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