Greek Mythology Test 2 Part 2( Demigods and Fable)
What does King Minos have Daedalus construct?
A tangled maze on the palace grounds, a place of thorny edges, and sudden rooms called the Labyrinth,where he trapped some of them like Icarus.
What does Daedalus make for the queen?
A wooded cow with amber eyes, real ivory horns, and ivory hooves.
Who saves Theseus?
Andriand by using her yellow string.
Which god likes Daedalus?
Athena
Who are the king, wife, and daughter he sees, and why is the daughter chained, and what does he do to her?
Cepheus, Cosseues who is his wife,and Andromeda, who is chained because he needs to wipe off his wife's offense and sacrifice.He claims her his wife.
Who are the creatures from Medusa?
Chryosuar and Pegasus, and their father is Poseidon. They were golden.
What examples of hubris and its consequences do you find in the myth of Daedalus?
Daedalus was too confident and pushed Talos, so Athena didn't like him, and Icarus was too confident in his flying ability, so he died.Queen pasiphae also bragged,so she fell in love with a bull.
Who rescued Danae and where is she taken?
Dictis, who takes her to King Polydectods of the island of Sephos.
What advice does Daedalus give Icarus?
Follow him closely and do not go off the way. Do not go too low or too high.
What does king midas love more than anything?
Gold
What does midas say he won't desire and what does Apollo punish him?
Gold and won't accuse the gods, and he will have donkey ears
What becomes of Theseus?
He became a king.
Why does Midas hate Apollo and what does he wish for?
He didn't like how he gave gold to the poor, and he wished for everything he touched to be gold.
Why does the king not want to kill Danae and what does he do?
He doesn't want the gods to punish him, and he traps her in a tower.
What does Theseus forget to do and what happens?
He forgets to raise the white sail, so King Aegen commits suicide, making the name Aegen Sea.
What does perceus do with the tools he got, and what does he do with the head?
He gave the shield to Athene, he gave the cap to Hermes, and he kept the winged sandals and sword.He throws the head off the sea to make coral.
Where does perceus go before polydectes?
He goes to the Island of Hespeds to dance with the apple nymphs.
Where does Daedalus go after his murder attempt?
He goes to the palace of King Minos in Crete.
How is Theseus to get there?
He has to use the most dangerous route, the overland route from Trozen to Athens.
Who does Daedalus hate and why?
He hates his nephew Talos, since people thought they were following the same path.
Who is Danae's father and how is he like?
He is King Arcesus, and he is unlucky, temper, and impatient.
What does perceus do to atlas?
He kills him with the head.
Where does theseues live, what is his secret, and why is he dissatisfied?
He lives on the coast of Trozen in a poor house with his mom, he knew his dad was a king, and he was too small for his age.
What did Theseus do that no once else could?
He pulled out the sword.
What does Theseus tell the men on the ship?
He said don't look up yourself as victims or you will become them, and he said to change your outlook on life.
What does the king see and hear on the tower?
He sees it light up, and he heard a baby cry, whose name was Perseus and meant avenger.
What does the king do to test to test the quality of the protectors?
He sends Danae into the sea with basically nothing.
What does Daedalus do to Talos?
He tells them that they will go to Athene temple, but instead he pushes him off, but Athena helpes Talos.
How is Sciron defeated?
He told Theseus to wash his feet, so he throws him off to the sea to be eaten by the turtles.
What does Theseus convince Aegeus to let him do, and what does he ask?
He told him he will go as one of the men, and Aegeud said he could, but he would have to raise the white sail.
Who is the seagul and what advice does he give?
He told the seagul to use your enemy's size against you, and he said he has to go to Athens to visit Aegus.
How was Corynetes defeated?
He used the club.
How was Pityocampets defeated?
He used the tree to crush him and he rips him in half.
Why is king polydectes unhappy about Perseus and what does he devise?
He wanted to marry Danae, so he tells everyone he is getting married and everyone needs to get a gift.
Who is Minotaur?
He was the queens son with half bull.
What does Perseus promise, what does Hermes give him, and where is he told to go?
He will bring Medusa's head, Hermes gives him silver sandals, and he has to fly north to meet the graysisters.( Shares 1 eye)
Who is Medusa and how is she killed?
Her palace is stone and has all the victims of her, and she is killed when she is decapitated by perceus.
What happens after the wings were constructed?
Icarus felt so good and many people like a fisherman looked at him,but he went too close to the sun, so his wings melted and he fell in the sea.
What is Perseus' quest?
Kill Medusa
Who is the most powerful king?
King Minos
What are the gray sisters like?
Long and gray with 1 eye
What is the final lesson?
Mercy
What happens at the private meeting?
Minos first agrees since Theseus blocked the harbor, Theseus said to stop the tribute, and he said he shouldn't continue the tribute since people will remember him as the person whose wife cheated on him with an ugly bull.
What do Minos and Theseus do to prove they are god sons?
Minos makes lightning appear and Theseus gets the crown.
Who comes with Theseus?
Minos's daughters
Who does the king ask and what does it say?
Oracle, and the son will kill him.
Who is Theseus's father?
Poseidon
What does Midas turn into gold?
Rose, then his daughter, which he doesn't care about and just wants to make gold, and his food.
What does the king think Danae is ready for and why is that bad?
She is ready for a husband but he doesn't want a son in law that will overthrow him.
How does Aphrodite punish the queen?
She makes the queen fall in love with a bull.
Why does Aphrodite plan vengeance on Queen Pasiphae?
She said she is prettier than Aphrodite .
What is the terrible tribute?
Since Crete beat Athens, they had to send 7 strong men and 7 beautiful women.
Who tells the secret about midas and what happens to him?
The servant, and he is forgiven.
What is happening at the castle and what does perceus do?
There is a party in the castle and they are getting married,and he took the head out to kill the king.
How is Procrustean defeated?
Theseus used the ax to chop his legs and head.
How was the Minotaur fight like?
Theseus used the horns to stab it.
Who are the nymphs of the west?
They guarded the golden apples, and they have him a shield, sword, and a cap of darkness.
Who are the Gorgons?
Were earth-dwellers. They were three, and two of them were immortal. They were dragon-like creatures with wings, whose look turned men to stone. Phorcys, son of the Sea and the Earth, was their father.Medusa was the ugly one who had snakes on her head after being cursed by a theme because she went to her temple with Poseidon.
What does Icarus suggest Daedalus make and why?
Wings, so they can fly out of the maze
Who is Perseus father and what does Danae say that makes him?
Zeus, and that makes him a hero or a scoundrel.