Greek/ Roman Mythology, Group 1
Tyler White
Edith Hernandez
Eduardo Moreno
Nathalie Figueroa
Delilah Garcia
1. Prometheus
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Means “Forethought”
Titan who fought with the
Olympians
Ordered to create man
Yearned to help mankind
Tricked Zeus over what to
sacrifice (Bones Wrapped in
Fat and Meat Stuffed Inside
a Stomach)
Stole fire from Olympus
against orders to give to
man
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Punishment= Being chained to a rock
and having an eagle come everyday to
eat his liver
Prometheus (and Io)
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Zeus turned Io into a cow to hide her from the
jealous Hera
Hera takes the cow and has Argus watch it
Zeus sends Hermes to kill Argus
Hera sends a fly to drive Io mad
Depressed and crazy Io wanders Earth
Io meets Prometheus, who tells her to be patient
and look forward to the future
Taking his advice, Io wanders across the ocean
On the opposite coast, Zeus turns her back into a
human and they make love
Years later, Prometheus is met by a man who
sets him free
This man is a descendant of Io named Hercules
Narcissus
When Narcissus was born, his mother,
Leiriope, took him to the blind seer
Teiresias in order to learn about his
future. She was told that he would live
a long life as long as he didn't get to
know himself. From birth up,
Narcissus was known for his beauty
and gained many admirers. Although
he was loved by many, he found none
of them worthy and rejected them all.
This included Echo, a wood nymph,
and Ameinias, his next door neighbor.
● Narcissus was punished by the God
Nemesis
● “ So may he himself love, and not
gain the thing he loves!”
● Narcissus saw his reflection in the
pond that Nemesis attracted him to
● He was unable to leave his reflection
and drowned.
● His body disappeared and only a
daffodil stood staring over the pond.
The Golden Fleece
The story of Argonauts and the quest for The Golden Fleece. Jason, the son of
Aeson, descendant of God Aeolus was heir of the throne of Lolcus. His wife
would be a famous sorceress Medea, daughter of king Aeetes of Colchis where The Golden Fleece resided. Jason’s mission was to bring back The
Golden Fleece from Colchis. The Golden Fleece was the skin of a winged ram,
the holy ram of Zeus. Jason, following the commands of King Pelias, began his
voyage known as Argonautica. He had to recruit the best warriors. About 50 of
them including Hercules and Orpheus. Jason had the support of Goddess Hera
who wanted revenge for king Pelias not worshipping her. After the journey they
arrived Colchis where Jason had Asked King Aeetes to give him The Golden
Fleece and how it was also the wish of Hera. Aeetes agreed but set a trial
that Jason sure was to fail. Asking Jason to plough the land using two
bulls with metallic legs which threw flames from their nostrils, and then
sow teeth of the dragon that the king gave to him. Aeetes knew that by
sewing the teeth, an army of warriors would come out of the soil to attack
him.
The Golden Fleece
Medea, the daughter of Aeetes knew of this plan, told Jason about
it, and gave him an ointment that would make him invincible to
iron and fire for one whole day. Medea also told Jason to throw a
stone at one of the warriors so that they would all be in a battle
and eventually kill each other. Jason succeeded in the task with
the help of Medea retrieving the Golden Fleece. Madea knew her
father would soon follow them so she killed her brother, spreading
pieces of him throughout the ocean so that her father would find
them, leaving them enough time to escape. Zeus was not happy
with the killing of Madea's brother so he made obstacles for them
to face on their journey back such as the sirens, Skylla and
Charybdis, etc. They ended up succeeding in the obstacles with
the help of Apollo. Jason headed back home giving the Golden
Fleece to King Pelias.
Orpheus and Eurydice
Orpheus was the son of the muse Calliope and the god Apollo. Orpheus had a beautiful voice and he
was given a lyre as a boy and learned no play instantly, and it has been said that no god and mortal
could resist his music; even the rocks and trees would move closer to hear
him play. He
even put the “sleepless dragon” to sleep, to help Jason get the
Golden Fleece in
the previous story. Then he fell in love with a beautiful
shy
girl named
Eurydice (a wood nymph). The love between the two was
immense and
they soon got married. However, a shepherd named Aristaeus
wanted
Eurydice for himself and he then plotted a plan to take
her away
from Orpheus. When he was near the lovers, he
jumped to
kill Orpheus
but Orpheus
grabbed Eurydice and they
both ran as fast
as they could. Then all of a
sudden Eurydice fell,
and Orpheus grieved as he saw that a poisonous snake had bitten her killing her instantly.
Orpheus and Eurydice
After the death of Eurydice, Orpheus was no longer the same, he grieved day and night. Until his father the god Apollo heard his
cries about bringing back Eurydice. Apollo convinced Hades the god of the underworld to accept Orpheus into the underworld and
hear his plea. Once Orpheus was in front of the king Hades and his queen Persephone, he played his lyre and both the
heartless king and the Cerberus the three headed dog, guardian of the underworld could not contain their sadness and they let
Orpheus take Eurydice back to the living world. However, they warned him not to look at Eurydice until she reached the light.
Orpheus was excited but he didn’t trust Hades and once they were almost at their end he noticed that he didn’t her any footsteps
behind him. Fearing that he had been tricked, he looked back and saw his beautiful Eurydice. By doing so he disobeyed Hades and
soon the underworld took back Eurydice. He was devastated and tried to enter the underworld again but was denied entry. Days
passed and he no longer lived as before and he knew no other girl would take her place, so he got to the point where he
shunned women completely. The women who tried to get close to him were furious that he ignored them, so they went after him
and killed him. He was so still so sad that he didn’t even try to save himself, and he let them tear him up to shreds and throw him
in a river. Once dead he descended to the underworld where he was finally back with Eurydice,
5. Daedalus (and Icarus)
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Daedalus was the creator of the Labyrinth
on Crete
King Minos had Daedalus and his son
Icarus locked up on the island
Minos controlled all land and sea travel so
Daedalus made a plan to travel by air
He set to work on two pairs of wings
The wings were made out of real feathers,
secured at the middle with string and at the
base with wax
Daedalus tested his wings and they were a
success
Daedalus (and Icarus)
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Daedalus warns Icarus to
not fly too high or else the
sun will melt the wax and to
not fly too low or else the
feathers will get soaked by
sea foam
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After passing Samos, Delos, and Lebynthos Icarus forgets his father’
s warning and flies too close to the sun
The wax melts and his wings fall apart
Icarus free falls into the ocean and drowns
Daedalus curses his own arts and names the land by where his son
dies Icaria
Some time later, Athena visits Daedalus and gives him real wings so
he could fly like a god
Cupid and Psyche
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Psyche was the youngest and most Beautiful of three sisters
People began disappearing from Venus's temple and payed
all their attention to Psyche instead
Psyche's parents were told by Apollo that she would marry
an immortal monster and would have to wait for him on the
mountain top.
Venus sends her son Cupid to punish Psyche
Cupid falls in love with Psyche and pokes himself with his
own arrow and leaves as Psyche awakes
She waits at the mountaintop for her future husband
She awakens at a palace that is given to her by Cupid and
he asks her to never attempt to see his appearance
Psyche's jealous sisters were allowed to visit her with cupids
consent and they make psyche question her relationship
Psyche sneaks into cupid's room with a light and knife and
accidentally burns him with dripping oil which awakens him
into the truth of what was taking place.
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Before Cupid abandons Psyche, he states “ Love cannot live
where there is no trust.”
Psyche is heartbroken, regretful and obtains the will to do anything
to regain Cupid's love
She tells her sisters about what happened and they try to take
cupid for themselves and meet their deaths in the process
Psyches decides to surrender herself to the angry goddess Venus
in hopes of finding her lost husband
Venus gives her many difficult task she must pass in order to
prove her house wifery.
Cupid begins secretly helping Psyche with her tasks and others
helps her also
Her last task was to obtain beauty from Proserpine in the
underworld.
she attempts to commit suicide in order to arrive to the underworld
but Cupid secretly saves her again by telling her how to get there.
She was also told to not look into the box but she does anyway
which causes her to fall into a deep sleep.
Cupid saves her and beg the Gods to help them
Cupid is eventually helped and Psyche is taken to Mt. Olympus,
where she becomes immortal and live happily ever after with
Cupid.
7. Pygmalion and Galatea
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Pygmalion was a talented Greek sculptor
Disgusted by local prostitutes
Had lost all interest in women
Saw they were flawed creatures
Vowed to not waste any time with them
Soon created Galatea
A sculptor of a woman
He soon fell in love with it
He admired it
He would kiss it, talk to it, caress it, clothe it, and buy it jewelry
Pygmalion and Galatea
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Became known to Aphrodite (the goddess of love)
Took pity on the young man
Pygmalion went to her temple to sacrifice a bull
In order to bring Galatea to life
The offering was burned on the temple
The flames shot up 3 times
He went home and went to the statue
noticed it felt strange and was soft
Indeed the goddess had turned her human!
They soon got wedded and had a son named Paphos
8. Daphne (and Apollo)
Apollo had a strike of attitude because of his recent victories and thought that he was the most powerful god compared to a weakling such as
Eros (also known as cupid) and he told Eros to leave the weapons for actual warriors. Eros was furious and told Apollo “Your arrows may
strike all things else, Apollo, but mine shall strike you” and then Eros shot two arrows one gold and one silver at the same time. The gold
one struck Apollo with love and the silver truck daphne the nymph with hatred. Apollo fell deeply in love with Daphne. Daphne however, tried
everything to get as far away as possible from Apollo. Days went by and Apollo was becoming heartborken because his love was not
correspondant to his. Eros regretted what he had done and to fix it he tried to help Apollo get closer to her, and it worked.
Daphne (and Apollo)
Eros’s plan worked for only a short moment, because Daphne’s disgust
towards Apollo grew stronger and she didn’t want to be anywhere
near him. So in her despair, she asked her father Peneus a powerful
man to change her into a different life form so that she can finally
get away from Apollo’s love and never get married. Peneus hearing
his daughter’s cries, instantly turned her into a tree and Apollo was
heartbroken. However, he vowed to always protect her and never let
her plant form die, by giving her eternal youth. He promised her that
her leaves would only decorate the heads of kings and gods. The
nymph had now changed into a laural tree that will forever be loved
and cared for by Apollo.
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. Perseus
First greek hero
son of zeus
casted out to see by his grandfather,king
of argos.
raised by fishermen
killed the Gorgon Medusa
saved andromeda from the sea monster
cetus
poseidon sent the sea monster
perseus killed the monster with Medusa's
head
than married Andromeda
had a son named Perses
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. Theseus
king minos had a son,androgeus,killed in athens
king argues didn't know the assassin so he
surrendered the town to minos’ mercy
every end of the year(7solar years)the athens had to
send pretty young women and young strong men
theseus volunteered to slay the minotaur
he went to crete and promised his dad that he would
return with a white flag
theseus got there and fell in love with king minos’
daughter(ariadne)
than went to labyrinth and promised ariadne if he
returned than he would take her
he took a sword that he hide from the guards
he stabbed the minotaur in the throat
escaped labyrinth with all the young athenians &
ariadne withe her little sis
Athena told theseus to leave ariadne with her sis on
the beach
he forgot to put the white flag so his dad killed
himself.
Questions and Answers ( 1 question per story )
a. He spurned all those who loved him, and turned into a daffodil. ( Narcissus )
b. She was the most beautiful of her three sisters and angered Venus because she attracted most
of her worshippers.( Psyche )
c.Was a talented Greek sculptor who had no interest in women but a sculptor of a woman who he
soon fell in love with (Pygmalion )
d.Jason going on a quest in retrieving this for King Pelias facing many obstacles ( The Golden
Fleece)
e. This Titan learned to have hope from his punishment and passed his knowledge to a heifer.
Later, karma returns the favor. (Prometheus and Io)
f. He went through hell to get back the love of his life...literally (Orpheus and Eurydice)
g. In order to save the one he loves, this hero silences the monster with the gaze of another
monstrosity. (Perseus)
h. Sun god bullies god of Love and ends up with a broken heart for he could never be with the one
he loves
i. The original maze runner who killed the beast at the center (Theseus)
j. This father/son duo thought they could fly away from their problems but disaster strikes during
their great escape… (Daedalus and Icarus)