Chs. 1-10 (LVO) Mythology Review

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  1. 2. Fertility god, infamous for his excessive erotic appetites; god of shepherds and folk music; companion of the satyrs.
  2. 3. Goddess of marriage, women, and the family; wife of Jupiter and queen of the gods; also known by her Greek name Hera (Gk. Ἥρα).
  3. 4. Latin word for the pipes-of-Pan or shepherd’s pipe; also the word in Catholic liturgics for a drinking straw used to receive the Blood of Christ (consecrated wine).
  4. 7. The animal into which Jupiter transforms himself to gain Europa’s trust.
  5. 8. Having asked the other nymphs for help escaping Pan, Syrinx was transformed into a bed of __________ reeds.
  6. 10. The highest mountain in Greece, located in the northern region of Thessaly, it was believed to be the home of the gods.
  7. 12. City in Central Greece, founded by Cadmus (according to legend), where many famous myths take place (e.g. Latona & Niobe, Oedipus Rex, Pentheus & Dionysus).
  8. 14. Son of Callisto and namesake of the region of Arcadia; an avid hunter, he was turned into a bear by Jupiter to prevent him killing his mother.
  9. 16. Ancient Semitic civilization in the Levant (along the eastern Mediterranean coast, where modern-day Lebanon lies).
  10. 17. Son of Europa by the god Jupiter, he becomes the king of Crete.
  11. 18. Goddess of wisdom, war (strategy), and weaving; also known by her Greek name Athena (Gk. Ἀθήνη).
  12. 19. Region in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey) where Arachne lives.
  13. 20. God of the sun, music, medicine, prophecy, and the arts; son of Latona and brother to Diana.
  14. 22. King of Tyre and father of Europa and Cadmus.
  15. 23. The constellation, placed in the sky by Jupiter, which was once Arcas; what we call “the Little Dipper.”
  16. 25. Son of Agenor and brother to Europa; dragon-slayer and founder of the city of Thebes.
  17. 27. Small Phoenician island just off the eastern Mediterranean coast; the birthplace of Europa.
  18. 29. Goddess of the moon, the hunt, wild animals, childbirth, and virgins; daughter of Latona and sister to Apollo; also known by her Greek name Artemis (Gk. Ἄρτεμις).
  19. 31. Theban queen who boasts of her many children; she is punished when she demands that the women of Thebes worship her in lieu of Latona.
  20. 32. Greek island in the Mediterranean to the southeast of the Greek mainland; Jupiter’s destination after abducting Europa.
  21. 33. (Female) mythical creature; nature-spirits which inhabit trees, mountains, rivers, etc.; devoted to the goddess Diana.
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  1. 1. Wilderness region in the central Pelopennese (southwestern Greece) where nymphs and satyrs live.
  2. 3. Son of Rhea and Cronus (Saturn), he is the king of the Olympian gods, the dispenser of justice, and the god of thunder.
  3. 5. Nymph from Arcadia and devotee of Diana, she was transformed into a bed of papyrus-reeds to escape Pan.
  4. 6. Arcadian nymph who was viciously tricked and impregnated by Jupiter, only to be transformed into a she-bear by Juno.
  5. 7. The (type of) animal into which Callisto and Arcas were transformed by Juno and Jupiter, respectively.
  6. 9. (Male) mythical creature with the torso and head of a human, but the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat.
  7. 11. The constellation, placed in the sky by Jupiter, which was once Callisto; what we call “the Big Dipper.”
  8. 13. After seeing the last of her children slain by Apollo & Diana, Niobe was turned to __________.
  9. 15. Tyrian princess who is kidnapped by one of the Olympian gods.
  10. 17. Daughter of the blind prophet Tiresias; prophetess in Thebes who exhorted the women there to worship Latona.
  11. 21. Mother of Apollo and Diana; also known by her Greek name Leto (Gk. Λητώ).
  12. 24. Nine (9) goddesses who inspire all human creative and artistic undertakings; what used to be a temple devoted to them is now a place you go to see works of art.
  13. 26. The animal into which Minerva transforms Arachne as punishment for her hubris.
  14. 28. Roman poet (43 B.C. – 17 A.D.) born at Sulmo, who wrote the Metamorphōsēs (on which our textbook is based); exiled to Tomis on the Black Sea by the emperor Augustus in the year 8 A.D.
  15. 30. Lydian peasant girl who possesses virtuosic talent in weaving, but is doomed by her refusal to give thanks to the gods.