Ap English Literature: Mythology 4

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Loved by Helios, who disguised himself as her mother. Sister was jealous. Buried alive by father. Transformed into incense plant.

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Leucothea

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Betrayed sister. Turned into heliotrope through grief.

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Clytie

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Beautiful, attracted byApollo but did not love him--Cupid's curse. Transformed into laurel tree after praying to father.

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Daphne

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Zeus creates cloud to cover his relations with her from Hera. Hera sees cloud and is suspicious. Zeus turns ___ into a cow. Hera keeps as pet. Hera hires Argus to watch over cow. Zeus sends Hermes to kill Argus. Hera turns her back into a person, and she is worshipped by the Egyptians.

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Io

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Many-eyed thing entrusted by Hera to watch over Io as a cow. When killed, eyes fly off and become peacock.

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Argus

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Builds wings for himself and for his son. Designed labyrinth that contained Minotaur.

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Daedalus

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Son of Daedalus, flies too high to sun and wax melts and he plummets to the sea

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Icarus

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Nephew of Daedalus, invented things and upstaged his uncle, who threw him, but Minerva turned him into a partridge before he could hit the ground

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Perdix

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Wife of Tereus, sister of Philomela, sneaks sister out of captivity by Tereus. Plots revenge against husband. Kills son with sister, then serves son to her husband. Turns into a bird after Tereus tries to kill her. Turns into bird after Tereus tries to kill her.

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Procne

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Husband of Procne, lusts for Philomela then cuts her tongue off after some stuff. Tells wife sister died. Turns into bird.

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Tereus

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Sister of Procne, lusted for by Tereus, who cuts her tongue out after she threatens to tell of what he did to her, weaves message to sister . Hacks nephew to death with Procne.

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Philomela

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Son of Procne and Tereus

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Itys

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Skillful weaver. Minerva appeared to her as an old woman and told her to thank Minerva for her skill and challenged her to challenge Minerva to a weave off. Minerva lost and beat her up but spared her from death by turning her into a spider.

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Arachne

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Hunting a boar. Boar attacked him. Aphrodite turned him into an anemone.

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Adonis

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Fated to die at young age. Finds fountain, sees reflection, and falls in love with it. Tries to kiss reflection and hold it. Dies. Becomes flower.

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Narcissus

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Nymph, talked a lot. Cursed to only repeat what has already been said. Fell in love with Narcissus. Turned into nothing but a voice.

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Echo

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Prideful, bragged about husband and children. Mocked Leto for having only 2 children, who then killed all of her children. Husband died. Turned to stone or fountain.

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Niobe