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13 Cards in this Set
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Who were the two survivors from the flood? |
Deucalion and Pyrrha |
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Who are the two judges of the dead? |
Minos and Rhahamanthus |
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Who was Narcissus? |
He is beautiful but scorns love. Sees his reflection in a pond and dies by going diving in. Flower narcissus takes his place |
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Who was Hyacinth? |
Dies after being struck by a discus thrown by apollo. Turned into flower |
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Who was Adonis? |
Killed by a boar. Where his blood drops a adonis flower grows |
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The myth of Pyramus and Thisbe? |
Pyramus blood stains the mulberry bush. Both killed each other for their love for each other. Their blood represents the mulberry bush |
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Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice? |
Orpheus music was so great that all the animated or inanimate objects follow him. His music was as sweet as a nightinggales |
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Myth of Ceyx and Alcyone? |
Ceyx died in a shipwrech so she threw herself into the ocean. Gods changed them both into halcyon birds. Aeolus calmed the water for 7 days to all her to make her best and lay her eggs. |
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Myth of Pygmalion and Galatea? |
Pygmalion made a statue so perfect he wish it were real. Aphrodite made it real. |
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Myth of Baucis and Philemon? |
As they die turned into oak and linden tree, both coming from the same trunk. Cause they showed hospitality towards the gods when everyone else didnt |
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Myth of Endymion? |
Selene (the moon) loved him and put him into eternal slumber so she could love him |
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Myth of daphne? |
She never wanted to marry. Apollo loved her and chased her. She called up her father and he made her into a laurel tree. She was happy cause she got victory over love. The tree became apollos symbol |
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Myth of Alpheus and Arethusa? |
Arethusa was a mistress who didn't want to marry. Decided to bath in river. Felt something move and jumped out of water and run while Alpheus (river God) chased her. Called out and goddess made her into a river and he was a river God so they r somewhat connected |
