Myth Final #2

Ovid authored "Orpheus and Eurydice."

"The Phoenix Bird" fable refers to the phoenix as The Bird of Paradise.

Neptune's Greek name is what?

Mercury is the Roman god of what?

Romans renamed the Greek gods with Roman names when they conquered Greece.

In Greek mythology, souls go where after death?

Greek gods were created in the image of humans.

King Mark is Tristan's uncle and he wanted Tristan to marry Isolde.

Payment to cross the River Styx is coins placed on the dead's eyes.

Ambrosia and nectar is food and drink reserved for the gods.

Removal of infected limbs was part of the Egyptian embalming process.

The mummification of bodies was a way to prepare nobles/pharaohs for what?

Prometheus gave electricity to mankind.

Daedalus is the son of Icarus.

Jupiter's Greek name is what?

The Greeks' emphasis on the individual is one major cornerstone of Western civilization.

In "The Legend of Oedipus," which creature told a riddle which if answered incorrectly resulted in the listener's death?

The phoenix dwells where?

"Pygmalion" is a classic story about a sculptor.

A minotaur is a half man, half bull, monster.

According to the "Echo and Narcissus" text, Nymphs are minor goddesses of what?

Theseus doesn't take Ariadne back to Athens because he is already married.

Venus is the Roman name for the Goddess of _____.

A bard is a what?

The nature of humanity is flawed/what an individual's role is in the course of destiny are two themes of Oedipus' story.

Icarus perished because he flew too close to the sun.

"The Sun, Moon, and Stars" is a traditional Navajo story.

According to "The Sun, Moon, and the Stars," the First People had _____ lights to illuminate the world?

Who is the ferryman of Hades?