MYTHS DAY 4
MYTH 14 – LOVE YOURSELF, BUT NOT TOO
MUCH
1. Why and how did Hera punish Echo?
 Hera found Zeus visiting Echo, so she takes
away Echo’s ability to speak her own words.
Echo is cursed with only repeating other
people’s words.
 2. With whom did Echo fall in love?
 Echo fell in love with a handsome young man
named Narcissus.
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3. WITH WHOM DID HE FALL IN LOVE? BASED
ON THIS WHAT DOES THE WORD NARCISSISM
MEAN?
Narcissus falls in love with himself.
 The word narcissism means thinking too much of
yourself and not enough of others.
 4. What was his fate?
 Narcissus wouldn’t leave his own reflection in the
pool of water and starved to death. His body was
transformed into a flower that shares his name.
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5. WHAT WAS ECHO’S FATE?
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Echo was so sad over the death of Narcissus
that she wasted away until all that was left of
her was her voice. Even today her voice hides
in caves and repeats the words of others.
MYTH 15 - APOLLO AND DAPHNE AND CLYTIE
1. Why did Daphne reject Apollo’s advances?
 Cupid had shot her with a lead tipped arrow
and made her hate Apollo.
 2. How did she manage to escape him?
 She asks her father to save her by changing her
form. She is changed into a Laurel tree.
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3. WHAT DOES THIS EXPLAIN ABOUT APOLLO?
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This explains why the Laurel is Apollo’s tree.
4. HOW DID APOLLO REACT TO CLYTIE’S
ADVANCES?
He was cold to her and showed no interest.
 5. What happened to her (What was her fate)?
 She died and was transformed into a sunflower.
 6. What does this myth explain?
 It explains why the head of the sunflower
rotates to follow the sun.
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MYTH 16 - CEYX AND HALCYONE
1. Who was Halcyone?
 She was the daughter of King AEolus (king of
the winds) and the wife of Ceyx.
 2. Why did Ceyx go on his journey?
 Ceyx needed to consult the oracle at Claros
because of the strange things that had been
happening since his brother died.
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3. WHAT HAPPENED TO CEYX?
Ceyx’s ship wrecked, and he drowned.
 4. Who is Somnus? Why did Juno send Iris to
see him?
 Somnus is the god of sleep. Juno sent Iris to
see Somnus to have a dream sent to Halcyone
to let her know that there was no hope of Ceyx
returning to her.
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5. WHAT WAS THE FINAL FATE OF THE
HUSBAND AND WIFE?
Ceyx and Halcyone were turned into
kingfishers.
 6. What are halcyon days?
 Seven days before the winter solstice begins
and seven days after it no winds blow. This
calm time allows the baby kingfishers to hatch
in calm and peace.
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MYTH 17 - HERO AND LEANDER
1. What was Hero’s job?
 She was a priestess of Venus.
 2. What was the problem with Hero and
Leander’s relationship?
 Leander’s parent forbade them to see each
other.
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3. HOW DID SHE SIGNAL HIM TO COME SEE
HER?
She would hang a lantern on the tower of the
temple.
 4. What did he have to do to see her?
 He would swim across the Hellespont to see
her.
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5. WHAT HAPPENED TO LEANDER?
A storm came up one night when he was
swimming across the Hellespont and he
drowned.
 What happened to Hero?
 She threw herself into the ocean and drowned.
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