Stories

Question 1

Metamorfosis (2)

Answer 1

complete change of form, or maturation from immature to fully grown

Question 2

Stories of Metamorfosis (5)

Answer 2

Licaron, Dafne, Pan, Narciso and Pirano

Question 3

Licaron

Answer 3

• king obsessed with appeasing the gods makes human sacrifices and even commits cannibalism
• Zeus turns him into half-man and half-wolf as punishment for his sacrilege
• this story is the birth of the modern werewolf

Question 4

Dafne

Answer 4

• Apollo fell in love with the nymph Daphne and tried to chase her down
• She transformed into a laurel tree to avoid his efforts

Question 5

Narcissus

Answer 5

• fell in love with his reflection in a pool, agonized by the unrequited love
• he spent so long staring at himself, he became rooted in the forest and became part of the earth
• the narcissus flower grew where he was and now hangs over the water, as if looking at its reflection

Question 6

Pirano and Tisbe

Answer 6

• couple from rival families that fell and love and decided to elope
• met at an isolated tree, where a lion chewed up Thisbe’s vail, making Pirano think it ate her
• Pirano kills himself on his sword and when Thisbe sees him, she does the same
• they died beside a tree that grew into Mulberry tree with sweet red and black berries, symbolizing the two of them

Question 7

Deucalión and Pirra

Answer 7

• Zeus wiped the entire human race with a flood except for Deucalión and Pirra
• He told them to throw stones to regrow the population
• When Deucalión threw stones, more men appeared and when Pirra threw stones, more women appeared

Question 8

Hephaestus and Athena

Answer 8

• Hephaestus was falsely told by Poseidon that Athena loved him so he tried to rape her
• He tried to get on her but his crippled leg made him fall, and the sperm he had grew into the earth and became a boy
• The child was named Erochthonius and was half man half snake and Athena raised him in her temple

Question 9

Pandora’s Box

Answer 9

• Zeus gave the curious Pandora a box and told her never to open it
• Her curiosity overwhelmed her and she opened it, allowing all evils to escape into the world
• Hope also was released, assuring humans that there was still good

Question 10

Prometheus

Answer 10

• A titan who stole fire from Mount Olympus and gave it to humans
• Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock while an eagle devoured his internal organs everyday as they regrew every night

Question 11

Io

Answer 11

One of Zeus’s lovers, who he turns into a cow when Hera almost catches him with her

Question 12

Medusa Origin

Answer 12

• She used to be a beautiful and dedicated priest in the temple of Athena
• Poseidon made out with her in the temple an Athena made her a hideous monster as a punishment