Know Which Myth the Following Characters Were a Part Of

Greek Myths Unit Test Study Guide

Test Date ______

Know which myth the following characters were a part of:

Asopus:

Chimera:

Jocasta:

Paphos:

Peneus:

Zephyr:

The following will be asked in multiple choice format, complete answer format, or fill in the blank format.

“Apollo & Daphne” (Realms of Gold)

Know what caused Apollo to fall in love with Daphne:

Know what kind of character Daphne was:

Know how metamorphosis took place in this myth:

“Echo & Narcissus” (Realms of Gold)

Know how Narcissus treated the nymphs:

Know what Narcissus did that showed he was a true narcissist:

Know the theme for this myth:

“Orpheus & Eurydice” (Realms of Gold)

Know how Eurydice died:

Know how Orpheus made it into the underworld:

Know what Hades made Orpheus promise before he let Eurydice leave with him:

Know how Orpheus and Eurydice ended up back together, again:

“Cupid & Psyche” (Realms of Gold)

Know why Aphrodite was angry with Psyche:

Know why Cupid left Psyche:

Know what was in the box that Aphrodite told Psyche to retrieve from Persephone:

Know what happened to Psyche after she opened the box:

Know how Cupid rescued Psyche, again, at the end of the novel:

“Pygmalion & Galatea” (Realms of Gold)

Be able to create a Story Map about this unrequited love myth

“Persephone & Demeter”

Know what Demeter was the goddess of:

Know what Persephone was doing when Hades seized her:

Know what would happen to Demeter each time Persephone returned to the underworld:

Know what this myth explains in relation to nature:

“Helios & Phaethon”

Know why Helios was the only being who could drive the sun chariot:

Know how the steeds reacted when they realized Helios did not have the reigns:

Know who came to the earth’s rescue striking the chariot with a thunderbolt:

Know what happened to Phaethon’s sisters after they mourned his death for a long time:

Know what this myth explains in relation to nature:

“Sisyphus”

Know what Sisyphus did to anger Zeus:

Know what happened to Hades when he came to, personally, escort Sisyphus to the underworld:

Know what a gold coin under a king’s tongue would pay for:

Know how Sisyphus died:

Know what Sisyphus’ eternal punishment was:

“Theseus & the Minotaur” (youtube video – Storytellers by Jim Henson)

Know what promise, to his father, Theseus broke:

Know what the Minotaur would do to the individuals brought to him from Athens:

Know how Theseus found his way out of the Labryinth after killing the Minotaur:

“Pegasus & Bellerophon”

Know what Bellerophon was holding in his hand after he awoke in Athena’s temple:

Know where Bellerophon set off to find the fire-breathing beast:

Know how the beast, eventually, died:

Know what Bellerphon’s instant reward was, from the king, for killing the beast:

Know why Pegasus threw Bellerophon:

Know what Bellerophon was doing after he was thrown from Pegasus until he died:

Perseus & the Gorgon” (youtube video – Storytellers by Jim Henson)

Know what the oracle told King Acrisios:

Know how King Acrisios attempted to kill his daughter & grandson:

Know why Perseus set out to kill the Gorgon:

Know where Atlas told Perseus the Gorgon could be found:

Know how Perseus killed the Gorgon without turning into stone:

“Oedipus”

Know what the King of Thebes was told by the oracle of Delphi:

Know who adopted Oedipus:

Know the answer to the Sphinx’s riddle:

Know what Oedipus swore to do to the man that killed the old king:

Know how Oedipus found out he had killed his birth-father & married his birth-mother:

Know how the queen stayed looking so young & beautiful:

Know to whom Oedipus told his story:

“The Apples of Love & the Apple of Discord”

Know how Aphrodite helped Melanion outsmart Atalanta:

Know why Melanion & Atalanta were turned into lions:

Know why Eris threw the apple of discord at the wedding:

Know what the oracle predicted about why no men marry Thetis:

Know why Paris was elected to be the best judge of beauty:

Know who Paris gave the apple to & why he chose her: