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Etymology Quiz 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| hypn (greek), somn (latin) | sleep |
| irid (greek) | rainbow |
| lun (latin) | moon |
| pan (greek), omn (latin) | all |
| -esce (latin) | begin |
| hel (greek), sol (latin) | sun |
| xen- (greek), hosp- (latin) | guest/host |
| phor- (greek), fer- (latin) | carry/bear |
| phos/t- (greek), luc- (latin) | light |
| phon- (greek), son- (latin) | sound |
| -ine (latin) | pertaining to, related to |
| Adonis | 1) most attractive man and a hunter 2) Aphrodite falls in love with him; Adonis goes to hunt a boar and is killed |
| Anemone | 1) Red flower that is wind-blown; 2) Aphrodite transforms Adonis into this after his death |
| Eros | 1) accidentally scrapes Aphrodite with an arrow 2) makes her fall in love with Adonis 3) falls in love with Psyche 4) son of Aphrodite |
| Psyche | 1) most beautiful mortal girl 2) tries to kill Eros 3) puts through impossible tests to win Eros back. |
| Aphrodite | 1) large baby follows her around 2) goddess of love |
| Delphi | 1) home of apollo 2) ancient Greek religious sanctuary |
| Allegory | 1) literal and figuratively 2) characters, settings, and events function as a sustained metaphor |
| Achises | 1) Herder that Aphrodite falls in love with 2) father of Aeneas 3) permanently disabled |
| Aeneas | 1) son of Anchises and Aphrodite 2) founder of Rome |
| Daphne | Nymph pursued by Apollo (Phoebus); prays to father for safety and is transformed into a laurel tree |
| Python | 1) Apollo kills Python 2) guarded the sacred Oracle of Delphi |
| Etiology | 1) tells about the causes/why 2) explain natural phenomena, geographical features, and societal customs |
| Europa | 1) young woman in present-day lebanon 2) Zeus transformed into a bull to take her away to greece |
| Cadmus | 1) Brother of Europa 2) goes to seek her out after she's taken by Zeus as a bull |
| Minos | 1) King of Crete and 2) son of Zeus and Europa |
| Callisto | 1) original follower of artemis 2) ursa major |
| Artemis | 1) twins with Apollo 2) associated with bow and arrow 3) leader of virgin gods |
| Zeus | 1) thunderbolt 2) king of the gods |
| Arcas | 1) Son of Callisto and Zeus 2) almost shoots his mother transformed into a bear; gods take pity and turn him into ursa minor |
| Hera | 1) turns callisto into a bear when she discovers that callisto is pregnant with zeus' son 2) Zeus' official wife. |
| Phaethon | 1) son of helius/apollo, 2) crashed helius' chariot |
| Aurora | 1) Dawn goddess 2) appears at beginning of phaethon's chariot ride |
| Helios | 1) personification of the sun 2) known for driving chariot everyday. |
| Apollo / Phoebus | 1) olympic god of music 2) twin of artemis! |
| Clymene | Mother of Phaethon, told him of his parentage and father was helius/apollo |
| Lucifer | 1) carrier of light, light-bringer; 2) appears at beginning of phaethon's chariot ride |
| Atlas | 1) holds up the world; 2) burned by chariot that Phaethon drove |
| Daedalus | Father of Icarus - inventor - constructs wax wings to escape Crete |
| Crete | 1) island where Daedalus is exiled to 2) where Zeus was born |
| Labyrinth | 1) Daedalus was the architect who built the Labyrinth on Crete 2) contained the Minotaur |
| Icarus | 1) son of Daedalus, 2) flies too close to sun |
| Bellorophon | 1) Tamer of Pegasus 2) killed the Chimera while riding on Pegasus 3) exiled from home in Corinth |
| Xenia | 1) Rules of hospitality where hosts can't kill guests, 2) must feed them before asking about their business |
| Proetus | 1) husband of Anteia 2) sends Bellerophon to Iobates to be killed |
| Anteia | 1) wife of Proetus 2) accused Bellerophon of assult |
| Iobates | 1) bound by rules of xenia so could not kill Bellerophon 2) decided to put on some impossible tasks for Bellerophon instead |
| Chimera | 1) Lion, Snake, Goat 2) defeated by pegasus and bellerophon |
| Pegasus | 1) immortal winged horse of Greek mythology 2) born from the blood of the Gorgon Medusa |
| Amazons | 1) group of women warriors, 2) Bellerophon defeats them |
| Hubris | 1) excessive pride 2) icarus prime example i fear |
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