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Mythology Unit Test ReviewTest Date: Notes to Study:Creation MythGreek God Family TreeMythological Gods and Monsters Zeus the king of the Gods, carries a thunderboltAthena the goddess of wisdom and warcraftHera queen of the gods, goddess of family Hermesmessenger of the gods, has winged shoesAresGod of WarHades God of the Underworld, wears a helmet of invisibilityPoseidon God of the Sea, carries a tridentAphrodite Goddess of Love, the most beautiful goddess, mother of Cupid (Eros)Atlas A titan who holds up the heavensApollo God of the Sun and Music; twin sister is Artemis, goddess of the moonKrakenA giant sea creature that is said to be the pet of PoseidonCyclopsDirty, muscular, one-eyed monster that rips humans apartAmazonsa tribe of warrior women that seduce and then kill men; their Queen is HippolytaHestiaGoddess of the homeHydraOne immortal head, many other heads that when cut off would multiply and grow backCerberusThree headed dog of Hades that guards the UnderworldMinotaurHalf man, half bull, he lives in the Labyrinth and dines on human fleshPanGod of Shepherds and Flocks, half man, half goat; plays the panpipesMedusa and the GorgonsSnake hair, green skin, these three sisters were once beautiful but turned ugly by jealous gods; Medusa was given the power of turning man to stone if they looked in her eyes, her head is immortalHarpiesUgly bird women that devour humans; skin is withered and grey as it is always on the brink of starvationOther Olympian Gods from Presentations Myths from Myth Summary AssignmentMyth TitleSummaryArachnepage 54Arachne was a skilled weaverAthena challenged Arachne to a weaving contest-Arachne won and Athena was jealous and tore up her tapestryArachne hung herself out of shameAthena saved her, but turned her into a spider, or an ArachnidPrometheuspage 14Prometheus stole fire from the Gods for people-Zeus got angryPrometheus tricked Zeus into eating meat-so the humans won the right to eat meatPrometheus refused to tell Zeus the secret of the 3 Fates so Zeus chained Prometheus to a mountain for eternity where every day an eagle came to tear out his liver and it grew back every night for the eagle to eat it again the next dayDaedalus & Icaruspage 70Daedalus was a talented craftsman-he was jealous of his nephew , Talus, so he murdered himIn Crete he was asked to create a labyrinth for the MinotaurWhen the Minotaur was killed, King Minos blamed DaedalusDaedalus escaped with his son Icarus, but Icarus flew too close to the sun, and the wax on his wings melted and he diedMidaspage 62Midas was given the power to turn things to gold by DionysusHe realized it was really a curse; he got rid of the power by bathing in a river where he turned the sands to goldThe gods wanted to show how foolish Midas was when judging a music contest so they gave him the ears of an assOrpheus and Eurydicepage 57Orpheus was the greatest musician, who loved and married EurydiceEurydice died from a snake bite after the weddingOrpheus was sad; he went to the Underworld to get her backOrpheus turned around too soon to see if Eurydice was following him out of the Underworld and Eurydice disappeared foreverOrpheus was ripped apart by the Maenads; his head and lyre fell into a river; his soul was reunited with Eurydice in the UnderworldEcho and Narcissuspage 64Echo, a nymph, fell in love with Narcissus and followed him, but all she could do was echo his voice backNarcissus was so vain that he fell in love with his own reflection in the water and stayed staring at it so long that eventually he remained there, as the flower NarcissusGreek HeroesPerseus vs Medusa and the KrakenTheseus and the MinotaurHercules and the 12 Labours + his childhood encounters with Hera and his unfortunate demise due to the trickery of NessusBONUS: Roman God names ................
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