Love Myths

Front 1

Zeus and Prometheus argued over...

Back 1

which part of the sacrifices should belong to gods.

Front 2

Prometheus stole ______ from heaven.

Back 2

Fire

Front 3

Prometheus was nailed toa cliff and an eagle pecked out his _____ each day.

Back 3

liver

Front 4

Zeus created _____ and gave her to Epimetheus.

Back 4

Pandora

Front 5

Prometheus warned his brother never to ________________.

Back 5

accept gifts from Gods

Front 6

Pandora was warned not to____________________.

Back 6

open the box

Front 7

The only gift remaining in the box was______________.

Back 7

hope

Front 8

Zeus and Hermes were bored one day mad decided to________________.

Back 8

visit earth

Front 9

They were disguised as ___________.

Back 9

travelers

Front 10

After being refused hospitality, they were offered (1)__________in the hut of (2)______________.

Back 10

(1) Food and wine
(2) Plilemon and Baucis

Front 11

During the meal the _________ kept refilling its' self.

Back 11

Wine bowl

Front 12

The inhospitable town became covered with a _______.

Back 12

Lake

Front 13

The hut of the old couple became a____________.

Back 13

Gold temple

Front 14

Their one wish was to be able to __________

Back 14

live together forever

Front 15

In the moment of dying, Plilemon was changed to a (1)_________and Baucius was hanged to a (2)___________ that stood (3)____________.

Back 15

(1)Oak tree
(2) Linder
(3) interwined

Front 16

Zeus seduced <1>_______ and caught sight of <2>_______ comming.

Back 16

<1> Io
<2> Hera

Front 17

Zeus turned Io into a _________, saying he had never seen her before.

Back 17

heifer

Front 18

Hera gave Io into the charge of <1>_______, a <2>______ watchman, whos eyes never slept all at once.

Back 18

<1> Argus
<2> 100 eyed

Front 19

Zeus sent _________ to kill Argus.

Back 19

Hermes

Front 20

Hermes lulled argus to sleep with his <1>________ and cut off his <2> __________

Back 20

<1> pipes
<2> 100 eyes

Front 21

Hermes put his 100 eyes on the tail feathers of her ________________

Back 21

peacock

Front 22

Hera sent a _____ to pester Io in her cow form.

Back 22

Horsefly

Front 23

Finally Io came to the <1>___________ river where Zeus restored her to <2> ________

Back 23

<1> Nile
<2> Human form

Front 24

Callisto's father was changed into a <1>____ for offending <2>_____

Back 24

<1> Wolf
<2> Zeus

Front 25

Zeus saw _______ hunting with Artemis and fell in love with her.

Back 25

Callisto

Front 26

Hera turned Callisto into a _____ after the birth of her son.

Back 26

bear

Front 27

when the boy was grown, he went <1>_________and prepared to shoot his mother, Callisto, in the form of a <2>__________

Back 27

<1> Hunting
<2> Bear

Front 28

Zeus snatched Callisto up and placed her among the ___________

Back 28

stars

Front 29

Zeus fell in love with Europa and appeared to her in the form of a ___________

Back 29

bull

Front 30

Zeus took her to <1>_____ where she had two childen <2>__________and <3>____________

Back 30

<1> Crete
<2> Minos
<3> Rhadamanthus

Front 31

Minos became the king of <1>___________ and tge continent <2>___________ received its name.

Back 31

<1> Crete
<2> Europe

Front 32

Pygmalion was a gifted <1>_________ who hated <2>________

Back 32

<1> Sculptor
<2> Women

Front 33

He resolved never to ___________

Back 33

marry

Front 34

He devoted all hsi time to an ivory <1>_____ of an ideal <2>______.

Back 34

<1> statue
<2> woman

Front 35

On the feast day of _____________, Pygmalion asked the goddes for a woman as lovely as his statue.

Back 35

Venus

Front 36

When he returned home, his statue turned into a ____________

Back 36

women

Front 37

Pygmalion named the statue__________.

Back 37

Galatea

Front 38

Pyramus and Thisbe grew up in adjoining __________.

Back 38

houses

Front 39

their parents did not allow them to ____________

Back 39

marry

Front 40

they would whisper through at night through a ____ in the garden wall.

Back 40

crack

Front 41

they agreed to meet one night under a <1> ______tree full of <2> ______.

Back 41

<1> Mulberry
<2> White berries

Front 42

Thisbe was frightened away by a <1>__________ and dropped her <2> ___________

Back 42

<1> lioness
<2> cloak

Front 43

When Pyramus was the lion with her cloak, he _______.

Back 43

killed himself

Front 44

His blood turned the <1> ____________ of the tree from white to <2>_________

Back 44

<1> color
<2> purple

Front 45

When Thisbe discovered his body, she ___________

Back 45

killed herself

Front 46

Mullberry trees still produce ____________ in memory of the two lovers.

Back 46

red berries

Front 47

Atalanta refused to marry any man who could not _________________.

Back 47

out run her in a foot race

Front 48

she was the __________ in her country.

Back 48

swiftest runner

Front 49

She didnt want to marry b/c an oracle told her marraige would be her ___________

Back 49

ruin

Front 50

Hippomenes was given <1>_________ by <2>_________ to use during the race

Back 50

<1> 3 golden apples
<2> Aphrodite

Front 51

During the race, Hippomenes would <1>_________ the apples causing Atalanta to <2>________________.

Back 51

<1> Throw
<2> Turn aside and wonder

Front 52

The ____________ seperated Leander and Hero.

Back 52

swift current

Front 53

everynight __________ swam across to visit Hero.

Back 53

Leander

Front 54

He was guided by the _________.

Back 54

light

Front 55

On a stormy night the ligth was blown out and Leander ________

Back 55

perished

Front 56

his body washed up on the shore and Hero _________ when she found it.

Back 56

killed herself

Front 57

___________ allowed Pluto to kidnap Proserpina from a meadow where she was picking flowers.

Back 57

Juppiter

Front 58

Orpheus was a master <1>_________- and married <2>_________

Back 58

<1> Musician
<2> Eurydice

Front 59

they were married for a <1>________ when she died from a <2>____.

Back 59

<1> year
<2> Snake bite

Front 60

Orpheus decided to _______________ from Hades

Back 60

bring her back

Front 61

He charmed his way past ______ with his music

Back 61

Cerberus

Front 62

Hades, who cried <1> ___________ allowed Orpheus tp take her back if he promised not to <2>________________

Back 62

<1> iron tears
<2> Look bac kat her until they got home

Front 63

Orpheus was overcome by fear and _________

Back 63

looked back

Front 64

Eurydice was there but instantly ___________ only to become a shade

Back 64

vanished

Front 65

Orpheus tried to reenter the Underworld but his way was ___________

Back 65

barred