Mythology
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CourtneyS279 on May 22, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 nightengale | Philomela was transformed into a ___________ |
| weaving a tapestry | Philomela revealed the whole account of how she was wronged by _______ _ ________ |
| Charon | Identify the aged boatman that ferries the souls of dead over a stretch of water |
| Lethe | Identify the river of forgetfulness |
| iron bed | Identify the device that Procrustes used for his victims |
| Promethius | Identify the character who stole fire from the gods and gave it to the mortals |
| temptress | Identify the archetype that applies to the sirens |
| irresistible song | Identify the power that makes the sirens fatal |
| Aphrodite | Identify the goddess of love |
| Zephyr | Identify the sweet and mild West wind |
| Morpheous | Identify the son of the god of sleep, Somnus |
| helmet | Identify the item not given to Perseus by the Hyperboreans |
| peacock | Identify the animal that honors Argus |
| Cassandra | Identify the character who can foretell the future but was cursed by Apollo so that no one believes her |
| hubris | Identify the mortal characteristics that gods and goddesses swiftly punished |
| Icarus | Identify the character who flew too close to the sun and fell into the sea |
| Orpheous | Identify the character who lost his wife because he looked back to see if she was following him |
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