Greek Mythology Review

After losing siblings to his father’s strange appetite, he defeated him & rule the world-literally-with his thunderbolt.

She’s responsible for Echo’s lost voice and Hercules murdering his family, to name a few.

A worldwide similarity in Creation, Flood, and Sin stories is probably because they happened before this biblical event.

You wouldn’t want to look her in the eye, but her advice to you would be to hiss, “Don’t make Athena mad!”

He completed many impossible tasks to save his wife from the Underworld, but like Lot’s wife, he looked back too soon.

Minos is like President Snow: he demanded Athenian tributes to die at the hands (or claws?) of this terrible creature.

After drawing lots with Zeus and Poseidon, Hades received this as his territory to rule.

Even though Hera cursed him into killing his family, he still felt so guilty that he performed 12 tasks as penance.

He saved Athens from robbers AND defeated King Minos’ Minotaur. He basically became the best king ever.

This myth is the origin of two words: one meaning self-centered and one meaning a repetition of sound waves.

After pushing his nephew off a cliff, he ran away to assist the evil King Minos in his plan for the Labyrinth.

After entrapping and torturing many of his guests, this crusty old innkeeper was finally avenged by Theseus.

After being cursed to bring evil into the world, this is the only thing that stays with Pandora.

Like Medusa, this woman would weave you a tale to warn you not to anger Athena--even though she was forgiven in the end.

Aegeus asked Theseus to send him this sign to let him know the outcome of the fight against King Minos.

Sometimes known as mother earth, she wasn’t very motherly when she allowed her husband, Uranus, to eat their children.

He was ashamed of his ears (not his greed!), which were a punishment for his continuous foolishness.

She was believed to be the cause for the changing seasons when she neglected the harvests to search for her daughter.

Zeus' son was born in a brass tower. To save his mother from marrying an evil king, he went on a quest to kill Medusa.

Beloved by her mother, she became queen of the Underworld when she caught Hades’ eye and was taken away.