1、Greek Myth,Week 12,QUIZ,Relate the following in the following order:EUROPA CADMUS HERCULES ZEUS PERSEUS For example: Bow and Arrows Venus The bow are arrows are the tools of Cupid, who is the son of Venus,30,29,28,27,26,25,24,23,22,21,20,19,18,17,16,15,14,13,12,11,10,09,08,07,06,05,04,03,02,01,00,QU
2、IZ ANSWERS,EUROPA CADMUS HERCULES ZEUS PERSEUS Europa and Cadmus are brother and sister Cadmus founded Thebes, which is Hercules hometown, also Cadmus sister is loved by Zeus, who is also Hercules father, also Cadmus killed a snake and so did Hercules Zeus is Hercules father and also the father of P
3、erseus,RELAX!,LOTUS EATERS,Odysseus and his men sailed to the land of the lotus eaters Whoever ate the lotus forgot everything and only wanted to keep eating the lotus fruit Odysseus made his men leave,LAND OF THE CYCLOPS,This was an island with many caves where Cyclops lived They herded sheep and l
4、ived off of them One of the Cyclops was named Polyphemus He was a son of Poseidon,ENTER THE CAVE,Odysseus and 12 other men explored the island and the cave belonging to Polyphemus They ate his food When he returned that night he rolled a huge stone across the entrance to keep his sheep in,HOSPITALIT
5、Y,Then Polyphemus discovered the men and ate 2 for dinner The next morning he had another 2, took his sheep and left, first rolling the stone back across the entrance That night he returned and ate 2 more men,WILY,Odysseus gave him wine and Polyphemus thanked him and asked his name, Odysseus replied
6、 “Nobody” Polyphemus said he would eat “Nobody” last,STAKE,Polyphemus soon fell asleep from the wine Odysseus and his men took a huge sharpened wooden stake and heated it in a fire Then they stabbed Polyphemus in his eye His screams brought the other Cyclops to his cave and they asked whats wrong?,W
7、HATS WRONG,Polyphemus replied “Nobody is killing me” The other Cyclops left Next morning, Polyphemus rolled the stone away and let his sheep out Odysseus tied himself and his men to the bellies of the sheep,CURSE,As he was sailing away Odysseus shouted back to Polyphemus “My name is Odysseus!” Polyp
8、hemus threw a huge stone at the sound, nearly crushing the ship Then he prayed to his father, asking him to make sure Odysseus journey home would be long and full of hardship,WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE TRIBE OF WARRIOR WOMEN WHO HERCULES DEFEATED?,AMAZONS,LAIUS,Laius was the king of Thebes One day he
9、went to Delphi and was told that his wife would have a child And that this child would grow up and kill its father and marry its mother Laius ordered the child to be abandoned on a mountain top,SHEPHERD,A servant carried the child to the mountain and left it there with a spike driven between its fee
10、t A shepherd came and found the child and took it back to the king of a nearby city The king adopted the child and raised him as his own son, calling him Oedipus,WHO AM I,During a banquet, a drunk friend of the now grown up Oedipus teased Oedipus and told him he was adopted Horrified, Oedipus went t
11、o Delphi to learn the truth He was told to avoid his homeland, for his destiny was to kill his father and marry his mother,ON THE ROAD,Oedipus decided to go to Thebes On the road he came to a crossroads A man in a chariot was going the other way He tried to push Oedipus off the road, hitting him in
12、the head In a rage, Oedipus killed the man and his companions,SPHINX,Then Oedipus came to Thebes, a city whose king had recently died The city was plagued by a monster called the Sphinx It had the face of a woman, body of a lion and wings of a bird It asked everyone who passed a riddle and ate those
13、 who couldnt answer it,RIDDLE,What is it that has one name that is four-footed, two-footed and three-footed?,REWARD,Anyone who could answer the riddle and rid Thebes of the Sphinx would be rewarded by becoming the king and getting to marry the beautiful queen Oedipus answered the riddle and then mar
14、ried the queen, Jocasta,What is the name of the huge wooden object the Greeks created to finally defeat Troy?,TROJAN HORSE,Now many computer viruses are called Trojan viruses They enter your computer disguised as something else,GORGONS,Using the winged sandals, Perseus flew to the islands where the
15、Gorgons lived Looking into the shiny reflection of his shield he saw Medusa With the sword given him by Hermes he cut off her head and put it in the bag,ESCAPE,Medusas sisters pursued him But he had the cap of invisibility on As he flew home he passed by the coast of Ethiopia He saw a beautiful woma
16、n chained to rocks by the sea,ANDROMEDA,He swooped down to help her but she told him to leave Poseidon had sent a sea monster to punish her family So she was chained up as a sacrifice to appease Poseidon,CASSIOPEIA,The queen, and mother of Andromeda, had boasted that she was more beautiful than the
17、goddesses of the sea Poseidon therefore punished her Her story told, Andromeda wept and waited for the sea monster to come,FIGHT,Perseus waited too When the monster came he flew at it, stabbing over and over Then he freed Andromeda and with her parents permission they were going to get married But h
18、er uncle wanted to marry her as well and he brought an army to fight Perseus,MEDUSAS HEAD,The quick thinking Perseus took Medusas head out of the bag and showed it to the uncle and his army They were all turned to stone Perseus then returned home with his new wife,DESTINY,When he arrived he found th
19、e king and his own army ready to kill him Again he used Medusas head Then he gave the head to Athena to keep For many years he lived happily One day his mother desired to see her father, so they went together,GRANDFATHER,Perseus grandfather heard that his daughter and grandson were coming So he fled
20、 No one could find him Perseus was bored waiting for him so he took part in some athletic games While warming up, a discus slipped from his hand and flew into the crowd, killing an old man That man was his grandfather,CASSIOPEIA,This constellation is also very famous Its shape is a w, its on the oth
21、er side of the north star from the big dipper,Where does the name for the continent Europe come from?,ESCAPE,Having killed the Minotaur, Theseus, along with the 13 other young Athenians and Ariadne, hurried to the ship and set sail for Athens in the middle of the night,NAXOS,But the days events were
22、 so tiring that they stopped on the island of Naxos to sleep Theseus had a dream in which Bacchus, the god of wine, talked to him Bacchus was in love with Ariadne and told Theseus in the dream,ABANDONED,Bacchus told Theseus to leave Ariadne on the island Theseus then woke up and woke the other Athen
23、ians They left Ariadne where she was sleeping Dont worry! Bacchus came and married her,RETURN,They sailed back to Athens and soon could see their city King Aegeus, who was watching from the cliffs above the shore, could also see the ship As it approached he saw its black sails,AEGEAN SEA,Theseus had
24、 forgotten to change the sails, and his father thought he was dead So Aegeus jumped off the cliff into the sea Ever after, this sea was called the Aegean Sea Theseus then became the king of Athens and he ruled for many years,AGAMEMNONS RETURN,Agamemnon returned to Greece with many prizes Gold, silve
25、r, slaves and the beautiful Cassandra When he arrived home his wife arranged a banquet After eating she planned to give him a bath,CASSANDRA,Upon entering the house, Cassandra knew that Clytemnestra planned to kill her husband But alas, no one believed her Clytemnestra killed Agamemnon in the bath and later killed Cassandra,CERBERUS,3 headed guard dog of the underworld Prevented the dead from leaving and the living from entering Persephone and Pluto were his masters,
