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| Phaethon was the son of ________. |
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| Apollo (otherwise known as Helios) |
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| Because he liked to boast of his divine father, the boy Phaethon believed himself better than mere mortals. This excessive pride is known as _____. |
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| After suffering the taunts of Epaphos (rumored to be the son of Zeus), Phaethon went to his mother Clymene for proof that ___________________. |
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| Phaethon was indeed the son of Apollo |
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| Impressed by his son's beauty and strength, Apollo promised Phaethon to _________________. |
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| honor whatever request the boy made. |
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| Apollo was very upset when Phaethon asked to be allowed to _________________________ and tried to dissuade him. |
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| drive the chariot of the sun |
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| Phaethon lost control of the chariot of the sun, causing what to happen to the North African plain? |
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| the creation of the Sahara Desert |
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| Zeus saved the earth by doing what to Phaethon? |
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| hurling a thunderbolt and knocking him out of the chariot of the sun |
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| Phaethon's flaming body hurtling through the air was seen by ancient Greeks as the reason for what natural phenomenon? |
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| the streaking across the sky of meteors and comets |
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| What metamorphosis happened to Phaethon's mother Clymene and his sisters? |
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| They were turned to poplar trees which "weep" tears of amber. |
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| According to the ancient Greek stories, the volcano on the island of Sicily (Mt. Etna) was created when _____________________. |
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| the gods buried alive a number of fearful, fire-breathing giants |
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| Aphrodite ordered her son _________ to shoot one of his love darts into Hades (Pluto), the god of the underworld. |
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| Upon being struck by Eros's love arrow, Hades (Pluto) fell deeply in love with _____________, daughter of Demeter, the goddess of growing things. |
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| Hades' (Pluto's) using his trident to open the earth to return to the Underworld was understood by ancient Greeks as the reason for which natural phenomenon? |
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| After Hades brought Persephone to the Underworld to be his wife, Demeter became furious with the earth (whom she thought reponsible for her daughter's disappearance). She caused a terrible _______________ to punish the earth. |
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| While in the Underworld, Persephone ate ______________________________________, causing her to remain with Hades (Pluto) for four months of the year. |
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| When Persephone was with Hades (Pluto) in the Underworld, her mother Demeter was sad. During these four months the earth experienced ____________________. |
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| the change of seasons into winter |
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| When Persephone was with her mother Demeter, the goddess of growing things was happy, causing which change of seasons? |
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| Prometheus and his brother Epimetheus belonged to the race of beings called ____________. |
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| Prometheus was Zeus's adviser because he had the special ability of ____________________. |
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| being able to see into the future |
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| Prometheus felt sorry for the current race of humans (Arcadians) because in the winter __________________________________. |
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| they had no defense against the cold |
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| Prometheus decided to go against the wishes of Zeus by ______________________________. |
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| showing humans how to build fire |
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| After Prometheus gave men the secret of fire, Zeus feared that _________________________. |
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| the power of the gods would be lessened as men became more powerful |
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| Narcissus was loved by many because of his great ______________________. |
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| The nymph Echo fell in love with Narcissus, but her love was/wasn't returned. |
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| The goddess Nemesis decided to punish Narcissus for his excessive pride by causing him to ___________________________. |
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| fall in love with his own reflection in the pond |
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| Rooted helplessly to the spot beside his own reflection, Narcissus metamorphosed into a _____________________. |
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| flower, white with a yellow center |
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| Pining away with unrequited love for Narcissus, Echo wasted away until nothing was left of her but _____________________________. |
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| Daedalus once built for King Minos of Crete a _______________________________. |
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| After King Minos turned against him, Daedalus was desperate to escape from Crete. He designed and built ____________________ for himself and his son Icarus. |
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| Before escaping from Crete, Daedalus warned Icarus not to fly too low, because __________________________. |
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| the fogs of the earth would weigh down his wings, causing him to fall |
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| Before escaping from Crete, Daedalus warned Icarus not to fly too high, because ________________________. |
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| the sun's heat would melt the wax holding the feathers, causing him to fall |
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| Disregarding his father's warning, Icarus flew too high. What happened to him? |
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| The wax in his wings melted and the feathers let go, causing Icarus to fall into the sea and drown. |
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| What did Daedalus do following Icarus's death? |
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| He named the nearest island Icaria in memory of his son. He then hung up his wings in the temple of Apollo and never flew again. |
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| Pandora was created to be a punishment to mortals. Zeus wanted her given as a wife to _____________, brother of Prometheus. |
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| To be sure Pandora was as beautiful as could be, she was modeled after the goddess ___________. |
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| While the gods supplied Pandora with such gifts as beauty, manual dexterity, and the art of gardening, Zeus made her _______________________ while Hera made her _____________________. |
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| Pandora was presented by Hermes a wedding gift from the gods, a beautiful golden box, but was warned never ____________________________. |
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| In an attempt to stop her curiosity from getting the better of her, what did Pandora do with the golden box? |
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| She first locked it in a closet, then took it out, locked it in a chest, buried it, and rolled a boulder over the burial site. |
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| Despite all of her attempts not to open the box, Pandora succumbed to her curiosity and peeked inside. What happened then? |
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| She released all of the ills which would plague mankind: sorrow, fear, sickness, death, etc. |
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| What was the final sprite to exit Pandora's box, and what made it so important? |
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| The last sprite to exit the box was Hope. It is so important because it is hope that sustains mankind in times of difficulty and sorrow. |
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| King Acrisius of Argos had only one child, a daughter named Danaë. However, he ended up locking his daughter away in an underground chamber. Why? |
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| The oracle at Delphi had told King Acrisius that he would be killed by his grandson. Acrisius would not allow any man to come near his daughter after that. |
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| Who was the father of Perseus? |
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| After realizing that his daughter Danae had given birth to a boy and that Zeus was the father, what did King Acrisius do with the two of them? Why? |
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| He put them in a wooden chest and set them adrift on the sea, hoping that they would drown (which would be Poseidon's fault, not his). |
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| Polydectes, the ruler of the small island on which Danae and Perseus ended up, decided to marry Danae. Hoping to get Perseus killed, Polydectes sent him on a mission...to bring back the head of ______________________. |
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| Hermes, the messenger god, told Perseus that before he attacked Medusa, he must first be properly equipped, and that what he needed was in the possession of ________________. |
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To find the home of the nymphs of the North, Hermes told Perseus he must go to the land of the Grey Women where all was dim and shrouded in twilight. These three women shared one _________ for the three. |
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Hermes gave Perseus a _________ to attack Medusa, which could not be bent or broken by the Gorgon's scales, and the goddess Athena gave Perseus her _________of polished bronze to be used as a ___________, to avoid the gorgon's deadly power. |
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| The nymphs of the North gave Perseus three things: winged ______, a ______which made the wearer invisible, and a magic ______which would always become the appropriate size for its contents |
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| King Polydectes was having a banquet at his palace, and Perseus seized the opportunity to kill him. He entered the palace and took out the __________, turning the king into stone. |
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| Perseus and his mother returned to Greece to reconcile with her father, Acrisius. When they reached Argos, they discovered that the King of Larissa was holding a great athletic contest. Perseus journeyed there to take part in the discus-throwing competition. When his turn came,he hurled the heavy missile, which swerved and fell among the spectators. __________ was there in the crowd visiting, and the discus struck and killed him, proving the oracle to be correct. |
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| Perseus's grandfather, King Acrisius |
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| myth:an ancient story about gods or heroes created to express_______, explain ________, or teach ________. |
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| beliefs... natural events...a lesson |
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| a Greek word meaning excessive pride or arrogance |
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| a change from one form into another |
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| an over-fascination with oneself; extreme self-love or vanity |
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