Book 2 of Ovid's Metamorphoses
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| Who was the son of Apollo by Clymene? | Phaethon
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| By what is Phaethon's journey across the sky ended? | a lightning bolt kills Phaethon
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| Which race was turned black because Phaethon flew too close to the surface of the Earth? | Ethiopians
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| Which cousin of Phaethon is turned into a swan when he leaps from a cliff? | Cycnus
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| Who is the father of Cycnus, cousin of Phaethon? | Sthenelus, king of Liguria
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| Into which river does Phaethon crash? | Eridanos
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| The mother of Phaethon, Clymene, is turned into what, and by what? | She is turned into a pool of water by her grief
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| The sisters of Phaethon are turned into trees in their grief, what do their tears become? | Amber
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| In Arcadia, Jove lay with a handmaiden of Artemis, the daughter of Lycaon, who was she? | Callisto
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| Juno was jealous of Callisto, so she turned her into what? | A bear
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| Who was the son of Jove by Callisto? | Arcas
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| When Arcas was hunting, he found Callisto as a bear, what happened? | Jove turned them into the constellations Ursa Minor and Major
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| Juno visited who to ask that they not let the constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor touch the oceans | Oceanus and Tethys
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| Who is the son of Apollo by Coronis? | Aschlepius
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| What is unusual about the birth of Aschlepius? | Apollo pulled him from the womb as his mother was put on the funeral pyre
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| Why does Apollo kill Coronis? | He finds her in bed with another man in Thessaly
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| Who informs Apollo that Coronis is unfaithful? | the raven
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| What does Apollo do to the raven after he is told of Coronis' adultery? | the raven turns from white to black
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| Cornix was changed into a crow by whom because of what? | Minerva changed her when an ocean god tried to rape her
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| Which king of Phocis was the father of Cornix? | Coroneus
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| Which daughter of Epopeus was changed into an owl by Minerva? | Nyctimene
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| Nyctimene was hiding in the woods out of shame, this is why she was changed into an owl, what did she do? | She had sex with her father Epopeus
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| Where was Epopeus, father of Nyctimene, the king of? | Lesbos
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| Which daughter of Chiron was changed into a horse? | Ocyrhoe
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| Who was the mother of Ocyrhoe, and the lover of Chiron? | Chariclo
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| What did Ocyrhoe do so that Jove changed her? | She prophesied the future of Aschlepius as well as her father's death
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| Who did Mercury trick, and then turn to stone? | Battus
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| How did Mercury trick Battus? | Mercury disguised himself and bribed Battus into revealing which way Mercury went with the stolen cattle
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| Who was the lover of Mercury, the daughter of Cecrops, in Athens? | Herse
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| Who, sister of Herse, was filled with jealousy by Envy at the behest of Minerva | Aglauros
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| Into what was Aglauros turned when she blocked Mercury from the bedchamber of Herse? | Marble Statue
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| Which son of Mercury and Herse was the husband of Procris? | Cephalus
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| Who were the parents of Procris, wife of Cephalus? | Father- Erechtheus, king of Athens
Mother- Praxithea, queen of Athens
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| Europa is taken from the shores of which city by Zeus, as a white bull? | Sidon, capitol of Tyre
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| Which king of Tyre sent his son Cadmus in search of his missing daughter Europa? | Agenor
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