Myth & Symbol
Chapter Eight Study Guide for Hamilton's Mythology
Part II: Four Great Adventures
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Phaethon
Who is Phaethon's mother?
Why did Phaethon seek out the Sun god?
What did Phaethon ask to do?
Why was the Sun reluctant to allow this request?
Describe the route the Sun travels daily. What is the road like?
The horses?
The monsters?
As soon as Phaethon drove the chariot, what did the horses realize and how did they react?
What happened to the world during Phaethon's ride?
What does Mother Earth request, and how does Jove react?
What happened to Phaethon?
Pegasus and Bellerophon
Who was Glaucus and how did he bring the wrath of the gods on him?
What was his fate?
Who was rumored to be Bellerophon's father, and who was his mother?
Why did it seem likely he was the son of a god?
What did Bellerophon want? Who was Polyidus and what did he advise Bellerophon to do?
What was Bellerophon given so he could gain Pegasus, and who gave it to him?
Why did Anteia want her husband to kill Bellerophon, and why would he not do so?
What did he do instead?
What did the letter to the King of Lycia read, and what did the king do in response?
Name three great beings Bellerophon conquered:
How did Bellerophon and Proetus ever reconcile?
What eventually caused the beginning of Bellerophon's demise? …and how did he die?
What happened to Pegasus after Bellerophon's death?
Otus and Ephialtes
Who was their father, and what were they commonly called?
Who did they imprison, and how did the gods free this prisoner?
What did they strive to do, and how did they want to accomplish
their goal?
How does Poseidon convince Zeus not to throw his thunderbolt?
What two goddesses do Otus and Ephialtes love (respectively)?
In reality, who did they really only care for?
How does Artemis lead the two to their death?
Why is their death especially painful?
Daedalus
What was Daedulus' profession, and what famous object did he build?
Who was Daedulus' son?
Why did King Minos imprison Daedulus and his son?
How did Daedulus and his son escape?
What did Daedulus warn his son of?
What happened when his son did not heed this warning?
To where did Daedulus flee?
How did King Minos know that Daedulus was in Sicily?
What happened to King Minos?