Mythology Review

Who told the stories of "The Illiad" and "The Odyssey"

• Homer

• Mark Twain

• Zeus

• Shakespeare

What war does "The Iliad" describe?

• Trojan War

• Vietnam War

• Persian Wars

• Punic Wars

Who had a face that launched a thousand ships?

• Helen of Troy

• Athena

• Daphne

• Hera

What Roman wrote about the myth of Apollo & Daphne?

• Ovid

• Homer

• Shakespeare

• Mark Twain

What did Daphne turn into? (From the poem Metamorphoses)

• A laurel tree

• A unicorn

• A cat

• A man

What happened to Eurydice on her wedding day to Orpheus?

• She got lost and didn't make it to the wedding

• She changed her mind

• A snake pierced her foot and she died

• She lived happily ever after

What did Orpheus have to do to get Eurydice back?

• He went to the underworld (but didn't get her back)

• Made a deal with Zeus

• Bought her with gold coins

• Sang her a romantic love song

What was Narcissus' curse?

• All who saw him fell in love with him

• Everybody hated him

• He would be alone his whole life

• He couldn't eat apples

What was Echo's curse?

• She could only repeat back the last thing that had been said to her

• All who saw her fell in love with her

• She could not sleep

• Her hair wouldn't stop growing

Who is Pygmalion?

• A sculptor

• A Greek god

• A painter

• A butcher