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Greek Gods Match Table of Contents


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Greek Gods Match Game Directions 2
An Achilles Heel 4
The Greek gods match game on the
Between Scylla and Charybdis 4
next page can be played by one or
Damon and Pythias 4
two players or groups. Place the The Golden Touch 5
Match Game cards face down on a Hercules and Atlas 5
flat surface, such as a desk, table, or Hercules and the Wagoner 6
One Hundred Lyrics, No. 39 6
floor. Turn over two cards to match a
Pandoras Box 6
question to its correct answer. If the
The Sphinxs Riddle 7
two cards are not a question-answer The Story of Atalanta 7
match, turn them face down, again. The Sword of Damocles 8
The game continues in this way The Trojan Horse 8
The Wonderful Weaver 9
until the student has matched all the
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Who was Zeus


Who was the Which boy twin is
wife and the
king of the gods? the god of light, the
guardian of
arts, and medicine?
marriage?

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Zeus Hera Apollo

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Which girl twin was


the god of hunting, Who was the god of Who was the
sexual purity, and all the seas? goddess of beauty
the moon? and love?

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Artemis Poseidon Aphrodite

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Comprehension Questions and Answers
Comprehension Questions for strait that held the monsters Scylla and Charybdis. Circe told

An Achilles Heel him that both Scylla and Charybdis were to be feared, but that
he should steer his boat closer to Scylla than Charybdis. She
adapted from excerpts out of Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by
E.M. Berens, The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Pad- knew six of his crew would die if he followed her advice, but the
raic Colum, and Aunt Charlottes Stories of Greek History by Charlotte M. Yonge whole ship would perish in if they sailed near Charybdis.

1. Who were Achilles parents? How did they meet? 2. How did Odysseus help his men?
Achilles parents were Peleus and Thetis. Peleus, a prince and Odysseus gave his crew a pep talk when they stopped rowing
Greek hero, saw Thetis, a goddess of the sea, and fell in love because they were afraid. The sea seemed to boil around them,
with her. After Zeus helped him find her, he held her hands as and the constant spray of water blinded them. He reminded
she became a bird, then a tree, then a leopard. Because Peleus them that theyd been in worse circumstances, but he didnt tell
had mastered her, she married him. them about the sea monster Scylla. He was afraid she would
terrify them, and no one on the ship would survive.
2. How did Thetis try and then make Achilles invincible?
Thetis tried to make Achilles invincible by using the last of her 3. What did Charybdis look like? How did it affect the crew?
immortal powers to protect him with a fire chant. When it was The waters of Charybdis shot into the air, as if they had been
interrupted, she took him to the River Styx, the sea between the belched up. Circe called it spouting water. A lot of this water
living and the dead, and dipped him in the water. This made fell on the ship. Then a large, black hole opened in the sea and
him completely invincible, except for where she held his heel was compared to the large throat of a monster. Water rushed
when she dipped him. into the hole, as if Charybdis was gulping the water. Circe said
that no ship could survive if it were caught in the water that
3. How did Thetis try to hide her son? Why did she do this? How Charybdis sucked down. If Odysseus ship had been near Cha-
did Odysseus find him? rybdis, it would have been pulled into the whirlpool. The men
Thetis knew that if Achilles fought in the Trojan War, he would looked on fearfully, and Odysseus was amazed by it.
die. So she dressed him as a maiden and hid him in the court of
4. What did Scylla look like? What was the worst sight Odysseus
the king of Skyros. Odysseus pretended to be a merchant and
showed his wares to the women in the court. Only one of them had ever seen?
looked at swords. Thats how Odysseus found Achilles. Scylla had six necks with hideous faces on each one and shark-
like teeth. The Charybdis whirlpool was fearsome as it pulled
4. How did Achilles die? water downward toward the seas floor, but the worst sight
Achilles led the Greek army to storm the gates of Troy. Paris of Odysseus had ever seen was his six men in the mouths of the
Troy, with Apollos help, shot an arrow into Achilles heel. The six-headed monster Scylla. They cried for Odysseus to help
poisoned arrow was fatal, and he died. them as the monster took them to her den to eat them.
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by H.L Havell and Padraic Colum Damon and Pythias


from Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin
1. Why did Odysseus travel between Scylla and Charybdis? What
did Circe tell him to do? 1. Why did the king sentence Pythias to death?
After the Trojan War, Odysseus and his men took nine years to Pythias displeased the king, and King Dionysius was a tyrant.
get home. During this time, they had to pass through a narrow Therefore, when Pythias upset him in some way, the king sen-

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2. What did Damon do for his friend? What did Damon risk?
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bye to his family and friends and put his things in order. This
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meant that if Pythias did not return, Damon would die in Pyth-
ias place. He risked his life. Illustration by Walter Crane

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3. Why didnt Pythias reach his friend quicker than he did?
A storm wrecked the boat that Pythias used to travel back to v v v
Damon. In spite of this, Pythias returned in time to take his
own punishment. Comprehension Questions for

4. The king did not want either friend to suffer. What did he do? Hercules and Atlas
The word suffer refers to how each friend would feel at the loss adapted from A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys by Nathaniel Hawthorne
of a good friend. King Dionysius did not want to take this gift *Note: The Roman name Hercules is used instead of the Greek form.
away from Damon or Pythias so he did not execute Pythias. He
let them both live. 1. Who was Atlas? What did he offer Hercules?
The giant Atlas held up the sky for thousands of years. He of-
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v v v defeating a dragon with one hundred heads. Hercules was also
kind and wanted to let Atlas go for a walk, which Atlas hadnt
Comprehension Questions for been able to do for over a thousand years.

The Golden Touch 3. What worried Hercules while Atlas was gone? What was the
from A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Boys by Na- problem when Atlas returned?
thaniel Hawthorne Once Atlas was gone, Hercules wondered what he would do if
Atlas drowned in the sea or was defeated by the dragon with
1. At first, what did King Midas love most? one hundred heads. He didnt know if he could hold the sky
King Midas loved his daughter, but he loved gold more. This forever, for it became a heavier and heavier burden. When
can be seen through how he spent most of his time. He thought Atlas returned, he refused to take the sky back from Hercules
about gold, found ways to get gold, and counted gold coins. because he liked his freedom.
2. What did the king think would make him happy? 4. How did Hercules trick Atlas into taking back the sky?
The king thought that more gold would make him happy. He Hercules pretended to agree to hold the sky indefinitely. Then
also reasoned that he could show his love for his child by giving he asked Atlas to take it back for just a moment so he could put
her a large mound of gold when he died. Nothing else mattered. a lions skin on his shoulders. He told Atlas that he needed the
soft animal skin there because the sky chafed his skin. Atlas,
3. What kind of person was the king?
who was not a mean-hearted giant and who understood the
The king was a smart, but greedy, person. He recognized that
burden of holding the sky, agreed to take it back for five min-
the glowing person in his counting chamber was an immortal.
utes. Once Atlas took the sky, Hercules left.
When the immortal asked a question, King Midas didnt speak
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v v v voice of hardy adventure, didnt tempt him to keep going. He
didnt care if there was a lot of money to be made. He longed
Comprehension Questions for for what was familiar about his country and his hometown.

Hercules and the Wagoner 3. (from verse 2) What did this poem say all people do? What did
by Aesop it say was better than those things?
*Note: The Roman name Hercules is used instead of the Greek form. The poem said that all people were curious about what was be-
yond their daily lives. That was why people seek and wander.
1. Why did the Wagoner want to get to town on time?
They liked to find out things by asking questions. From doing
The Wagoner wanted to get to town on time so he could get a
this, they gained knowledge. But no matter what someone
good place in the market to sell his wares. If he was late, other
found or learned, getting wisdom was better than finding
merchants would take the best selling spots.
knowledge. And above all things, finding love was best love
2. What happened to the wagon? Who did the Wagoner ask for of family, friends and others. Loving others and being loved by
help? others was greater than knowing and understanding things.
The wagon wheel on the Wagoners wagon sunk into a very 4. Why might people long for home in early Greece?
deep rut. His wagon would not go forward or backward. The Greece is a land with water on three sides of it. There are also
Wagoner asked Hercules for help. many islands off its coast, and people lived on these islands,
3. Who came when he was called? What did he tell the Wagoner? such as Lesbos, as they do today. Those who lived in Greece
Hercules, a Greek demigod ( half human, half god), appeared received some of their food from the ocean. They also sent out
before the Wagoner. Hercules asked the Wagoner what he had explorers to fish and find treasure. And they defended their
done to fix the problem. When the Wagoner said that he had land against those attacking from the sea. They also traveled to
done nothing, Hercules told him that he shouldnt ask for help places to explore and trade goods. Therefore, many would be
unless he had first done everything he knew how to do to fix the able to relate to the feelings found in this poem.
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adapted from A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys by Nathaniel Hawthorne
v v v
1. Who was Epimetheus? Who was Pandora? How did they end
Comprehension Questions for up together?
Epimetheus was the younger brother of Prometheus, who stole
One Hundred Lyrics, No. 39 fire from the gods. Zeus brought Pandora, the first woman, to
by Sappho, compiled by Bliss Carman Epimetheus house. They became friends.

1. (from verses 1 and 3) Who was homesick? Where did he want 2. Why did Pandora open the lid? Tell how the escaping creatures
to go? looked and sounded.
A mariner was homesick. During this time period, a mariner Pandora remained curious about the box that was clasped shut
was another name for a sailor. This sailor wanted to see the with a knot. When the knot magically untwined, she knew she
island of Lesbos and the city of Mitylene, where he lived, per- would be blamed for looking inside. Since she would be blamed
haps with family. He was tired of his many adventures in other anyway, she thought she might as well open the lid and take a
lands. He longed for home. peek. When she did, out flew a swarm of little creatures that
sounded like a swarm of flies or mosquitoes. They had wings
2. (from verses 1 and 3) How did this sailor feel? like bats and long stingers on the end of their tails.
This sailor was tired of seeing all the new things in all the
foreign lands that he had been visiting. He said, Even the clear 3. What were the creatures in the box? Who were the first crea-

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Comprehension Questions for
4. Who did Pandora let out of the box last? How did this final
creature help? The Story of Atalanta
Pandora let Hope out of the box last. Hope healed the stings of adapted from Old Greek Stories by James Baldwin
Trouble that had afflicted the children and gave them the abil-
ity to not concentrate on the past even while in the midst of the 1. Why was Atalanta left on a mountainside? How did she end up
Troubles and problems that were the result of their actions. living with a bear?
The king of Arcadia wanted a son, not a daughter, because only
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boys could rule. The king wanted someone to rule Arcadia after
Buy a reproducible reading sheet and full him. He asked a servant to leave the child on a mountainside
curriculum in 4SL - Pandoras Box Curriculum. where wild bears would kill her. On the mountainside, Atalanta
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v v v 2. How did Atalanta learn to hunt?


Hunters found Atalanta in a bear cave. Although she fought
Comprehension Questions for them, they took her home with them so she grew up with the
hunters. They gave her a bow and arrows, and a light spear.
The Sphinxs Riddle They showed her how to use them.
from The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber
3. Why was a large boar tearing apart the land
1. How did the Sphinx look? of Calydon?
The Sphinx had a womans head, a lions body, and the wings of The people of Calydon forgot to thank the goddess Diana for
an eagle. It was large enough to eat people. their bountiful harvest. To get even with them, Diana un-
leashed an enormous boar to wreck their land and food, and to
2. How did the Sphinx act like a monster? kill many people.
The Sphinx stood by the main road of Thebes and would not let
anyone pass. It taunted those on the road with a riddle. Those 4. Who did the boar kill? How was the boar killed?
that did not answer the riddle were eaten. The boar killed the first hero who tried to kill it. The boar was
so quick that it tore the man to pieces before he could escape.
3. What riddle did the Sphinx ask Oedipus? Another man did not remain hidden. The boar killed him, too.
The Sphinx asked Oedipus, What creature walks on four feet A third man was killed when a spear thrown at the beast de-
in the morning, on two feet in the afternoon, and on three feet flected and hit him, instead. Atalanta charged at the beast and
at night? This was a difficult riddle that many brave men had was able to land her spear in its back. Immediately, another
been unable to solve. hunter shot an arrow in its eye, and then Meleager ran his
4. How did Oedipus answer the riddle? How did he defeat the spear through the animals heart.
Sphinx? 5. Who was given the hide as a prize? Who was upset
Oedipus said that people crawled on four feet as babies, by this?
walked on two feet as adults, and walked with two feet and a The heroes gave Meleager the boars hide because his spear
cane when they were older. Oedipus answered correctly so the killed the beast. Meleager gave it to Atalanta because her spear
monster could no longer destroy those on the
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was the first to injure the animal. The queens brothers did not
The Sphinxs Riddle road. In its hurry to get away from Oedipus, the want a girl to get the prize. They were mean to her. Meleager
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monster fell over a cliff and died. defended her. Soon he had to fight for his life to keep his uncles
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Young men wanting to marry Atalanta filled the woods. She 4. Why did King Dionysius hang a sword above Damocles head?
was not able to run and hunt as she would like because these King Dionysius knew that riches and power came with a price.
suitors were everywhere. She did not care for them and wanted He always had to be careful because so many people wanted to
them to leave her alone. kill him, and he lived in dread of the day someone succeeded in
taking his life. For Damocles to truly change places with King
7. How did Atalanta get some of the young men to leave?
Dionysius for a day, he had to receive all the possessions and
Atalanta agreed to marry the man who beat her in a race to
good things, but also understand the price of being the richest
the river bank. But if the man lost, he would lose his head. Her
and most powerful man in the land.
challenge sent many young men home, but not all of them.
Some thought they could beat her, even though she had beaten 1
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8. Who did Meilanion talk to before racing Atalanta? How did
curriculum at the fourth grade reading level in
Meilanion win the race?
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him, and she gave him three golden apples. Meilanion was not
a quick runner, but Atalanta liked him. Their race started. Each
v v v
time she gained on him, Meilanion would throw a golden apple
behind him. Atalanta, who loved the shine of gold, went after
Comprehension Questions for
the apple. At the end of the race, she could have beaten him,
but he had given her three golden apples, so she let him win. The Trojan Horse
adapted from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E.M. Berens and
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Old Greek Stories Told Anew by Josephine Preston Peabody
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Buy the reproducible reading sheet and full 1. For how many years were the Greeks at war with Troy? What
curriculum at the fourth grade reading level in was this war about?
4SL - The Story of Atalanta. For ten years the Greeks fought a war against Troy. A prince of
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beautiful that it is said that she had a face that launched a thou-
v v v sand ships, which means that after she was stolen from Greece,
a thousand ships, filled with soldiers, set sail to find her.
Comprehension Questions for
2. What did the Greeks leave behind on the beaches of Troy?
The Sword of Damocles Where did the Greeks go?
adapted from Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin The Greeks left an enormous wooden-horse in their camp and
set fire to their other belongings. They also left their king and
1. How did people feel about King Dionysius? How did best soldiers within the hollowed-out wooden horse. Outside of
he live? the horse, they left one spy named Sinon. The Greek fleet sailed
People did not love King Dionysius. They saw him as a tyrant. to a nearby island to wait for the signal to return.
He that someone would take his life. But he did have wealth,
comfort, power, food, and all that brings a person pleasure. 3. What happened to Laocoon and his sons? What did the Trojans
blame it on?
2. Who was Damocles? What did he want to do for a When Laocoon and his sons spoke against the wooden horse,
single day? two serpents emerged from the sea and killed them. The Tro-
Damocles was the kings friend, but he was not rich. Damocles jans believed this happened because Zeus was punishing them
wanted to change places with the king for one day. He thought for their sacrilege.
the experience would make him happy for the rest of his life.
4. How did the wooden horse get into the city? Who let the king
3. What did Damocles like about being king? What didnt he like and soldiers out of the horse?
about being king? After Laocoons death and hearing Sinons words, the Trojan
Damocles loved the food, flowers, soft cushions, wine, and mu- people wanted the wooden horse brought into their city. The
sic. He liked having servants and being able to rest and enjoyed gate was too small for the wooden horse, so they made a hole in
the pleasures of a king. But when he looked above his head, he the wall around the gate so the wooden horse would fit. Later
saw a sword that was held by a single horse hair. That is what that night, Sinon, who was a spy for the Greeks, opened the
he did not like. secret door in the horse so the soldiers could get out.

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curriculum at the fourth grade reading level in 3. How beautiful was each womans cloth?
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Proverbs. was made from sunbeams that gilded the mountaintop and the
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royal purple of the autumn woods. It was filled with flowers,
v v v gardens, castles, towers, mountain heights, men, beasts, giants,
dwarfs, and other mighty beings. Those who saw it were filled
Comprehension Questions for with wonder and delight.
The Wonderful Weaver 4. Who won the contest? How did the winner act toward the
from The Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber loser?
Athena won the contest. She saw that the girl would have no
1. What did Arachne do well? What did she do poorly? joy in her life if she couldnt spin and weave. So Athena turned
Arachne spun thread and wove fabric that was so light and Arachne into a spider so she wouldnt have to use a loom but
beautiful that everyone was amazed by it. But she believed she could still spend all her days spinning. This pleased Arachne.
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watch the two women weave, and Jupiter would decide which From Old Greek Stories by James Baldwin
3SL - The Wonderful Weaver Curriculum.
fabric was best. If Athena lost, she would never weave again. If
The Greek myth/story "The Wonderful Weaver" by James Baldwin
is from Old Greek Stories

Foldable Booklet Directions


(Find the tale of Perseus in his quest to destroy Medusa found on the next page.)

1. Set the booklet sheet on a 5. Fold one short edge to the Stop at the first fold you
flat surface, such as a table. center fold. Match corners to come to.
folded corners. Slide a pen
2. Fold the sheet in half over the crease.
the long way, matching the
corners.
12. Push together so these
front-back pages form: cov-
9. Unfold. er-1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-7.
6. Fold the second short edge
to the center fold. Match
corners to folded corners.
Slide a pen over the crease.

13. Fold so the cover is on one


3. Unfold. 10. Refold the sheet in half side of the booklet and page
the long way. 7 is on the back of the book-
7. Unfold the two outside let. All other pages should be
edges. between them.

4. Fold the sheet in half the


short way, matching the
corners. 8. Use scissors to cut along
the crease in the middle of the 11. Push pages cover-1 to-
page, between the folded edge ward pages 4-5 so the mid- 14. When done, your booklet
and the perpendicular crease. dle pages form a diamond. is complete.

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SimpleLiterature.com Athena, go to F on page 3. return home. Go to D on page 2.
(c) 2017 by S. Kay Seifert Choice 2: If one is the goddess K Medusa stays dead. You
E on page 2.
Series

What Will You Do series


Choice 1: If one is a Gorgon, go to objects, go to M on page 7.
Choice 2: If you receive magical
Make a choice. Check the box.
your winged shoes, go to I on page 4. What will you do? to kill Medusa, go to H on page 4.
W h at W i l l Y o u D o ?

Choice 2: If you leave them, using Choice 1: If you get the secret for how
strangers approach you.
Hermes sword, go to C on page 2. Make a choice. Check the box.
her turns to stone. One day two
from various myths and stories Choice 1: If you pay the nymphs with What will you do?
adapted by Nick & Sheila Seifert
and anyone who looks directly at
Make a choice. Check the box. stories. She has serpents for hair, lake and hurry to find the nymphs.
What will you do? the monster Medusa, you hear escape so you toss it into a nearby
Head a wallet. As you wander the world to find you and hurt you. You need time to
to look like a small bag the size of because you have no choice. you give them their eye, they will see
Medusas hold large items and then contracts
hold Medusas head. It expands to
dangerous and impossible quest
Gorgon Medusa. You agree to this
where Medusa lives. You know that if
find the Nymphs of the North and
it. They also give you a small bag to He says, I want the head of the get it back. They tell you where to
makes you invisible when you wear give you whatever you want! You steal it. They will do anything to
M The nymphs give you a cap. It L You are embarrassed. I will J They all share one eyeball.
A You are Perseus. You and your C You will need the sword. You F You greet Athena and the god H They give you magical items,
mom live on the island of Seriphos. do not pay them. Go to I on page 4. Hermes. She lends you her shield to not secrets. Go to M on page 7.
Its evil king, Polydectes, has fallen in help kill Medusa. Hermes gives you
love with your mom, but you protect D After many adventures, you a strong sword and winged shoes. I You travel to Medusas lair
her from him. The king demands gifts arrive home. You realize the king sent They point you toward the Gray using the winged shoes. You must
from the people in his kingdom to win you on this quest to get rid of you. He Sisters as your next step. You thank not look at Medusa so you arent
the favor of a foreign princess. Most wanted to marry your mother. She them and find the Gray Sisters. turned into stone. You use the shiny
families give him a horse. You are not now lives in a temple for protection These three women refuse to help. shield as a mirror so you look at it,
rich. He asks what you will give him. from him. You enter the throne room not Medusa. You put on the invisible
What will you do?
and pull out Medusas head. The Make a choice. Check the box. cap. You sneak up on this monster,
What will you do?
Make a choice. Check the box. king and his men look at it and turn remove its head, and put the head
Choice 1: If you steal an eyeball from
to stone. You put Medusas head into the nymphs expandable bag.
Choice 1: If you brag you will give him a them, go to J on page 5.
back in the bag and give it to Athena.
flying horse, Pegasus, go to G on page 3. Choice 2: If you steal a tooth from What will you do?
You also return the shield, sword, Make a choice. Check the box.
Choice 2: If you agree to give him the them, go to B on page 1.
shoes & magical objects. Then you
head of a Gorgon, go to L on page 6. Choice 1: If you head back to
and your mom move. The End
G The king laughs at you. Seriphos, go to D on page 2.
B You steal a shared tooth but E Neither are Gorgons. One is
You cant afford even a regular Choice 2: If Medusa comes back to
also an eye. Go to J on page 5. horse! Go to L on page 6. life, go to K on page 5.
a goddess. Go to F on page 3.
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