Mythological Allusions QUIZ

Achilles' Heel

• A prolific source of troubles.
• A vulnerable point     
• A burden or labor that never ends.
• An impending potential disaster.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

Adonis

• A figure in Greek mythology, so handsome that his name is a metaphor for youthful male beauty 
• Qualities such as rationality, intellect, and a spirit of justice
• Characteristics of extraordinary power, extent, intensity, or difficulty
• Bold creativity, artistry, and defiance of authority.

Apollonian

• Characteristics of extraordinary power, extent, intensity, or difficulty
• Bold creativity, artistry, and defiance of authority.
• Qualities such as rationality, intellect, and a spirit of justice
• A person or thing that makes a dramatic recovery from defeat or adversity.

Cerberus

• A conciliatory or persuasive bribe, gift or gesture.   
• A vulnerable point
• A prolific source of troubles. 
• An impending potential disaster.

Elysian Fields

• An irresistible appeal; especially a deceptive and dangerous lure
• Qualities such as rationality, intellect, and a spirit of justice
• A conciliatory or persuasive bribe, gift or gesture.   
• The landscape of paradise; an abode of delight, an idyllic place.

Gorgon Medusa 

• Describes someone who is ugly or frightening-either physically or spiritually.
• An extremely beautiful woman who men are willing to fight and die for
• An irresistible appeal; especially a deceptive and dangerous lure
• A prolific source of troubles.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

Herculean

• Qualities such as rationality, intellect, and a spirit of justice
• A person or thing that makes a dramatic recovery from defeat or adversity.
• Characteristics of extraordinary power, extent, intensity, or difficulty
• Bold creativity, artistry, and defiance of authority.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

Odyssey

• A great journey, especially a long and complicated one
• A burden or labor that never ends.
• An impending potential disaster.
• A prolific source of troubles. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Pandora’s Box

• A burden or labor that never ends.
• An impending potential disaster.
• A prolific source of troubles.
• The landscape of paradise; an abode of delight, an idyllic place.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Phoenix Rising from the Ashes

• An irresistible appeal; especially a deceptive and dangerous lure
• Characteristics of extraordinary power, extent, intensity, or difficulty         
• A person or thing that makes a dramatic recovery from defeat or adversity.
• Qualities such as rationality, intellect, and a spirit of justice

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9