By: Harini, and Keerthu

Greek Myth Title Main Characters/Plot Summary What does this teach us about Greece?

Characters- King Midas, satyr Greed cannot always win. The gods helped him realize that
Plot Summary- Midas, a wealthy king, who treasures himself, by learning a lesson.
greed meets a satyr, and helps him to his destination. As
a result, he gets granted a wish of gold and gets so happy
The Golden Touch that he touched everything on his way. He arranged for a
grand feast and gets disappointed when he finds out he
can’t eat anything, turning his daughter to a statue, and
so, in the end, he goes to the lake to remove his curse.

Characters- Arachne and Athena Bragging about, and mocking humans doesn’t bring good luck to
Plot Summary- Arachne, a beautiful lady, and a very skilled
weaver, but brags about her amazing talent. People oneself.
comment that she was taught by Athena, but disagreed and
Tangled Web boasted she could weave better than her. Athena, angered,
competed against Arachne. Athena weaves about gods
helping people, but Arachne weaves about mocking gods.
In the end, Arachne gets turned into a spider by Athena, so
no one would admire her work anymore.

Characters- Medusa and Athena Boating about perfect physical appearances, brings out your bad
Plot Summary- A beautiful woman, Medusa, was qualities.
admired because of her flawless beauty, but bragged
The Story of Medusa about her perfectness, and compared herself to be
and Athena better than Athena, which made her furious. Athena
then, turns Medusa’s beautiful hair, into ugly snakes,
and cursed her that whoever looks at her face turn into
stone, and was sent to life with the Gorgan Sisters

Characters- Perseus, and Medusa

King Acricius’s future was to die in his grandson’s hands, No matter how complicating a task is, if you have courage, and if
and as a result, tried many ways to get rid of him. Perseus, you believe you would complete it, nothing can stand in your way.
and his mother get thrown into the ocean, but survives the
flight by a king of an island, Polydectes. The king fell in love
Perseus and Medusa with his mother, but Perseus was over-protective. The king
sends him off to a death adventure with a promise of letting
go of his mother. As Perseus went on the mission to save his
mother from an awful future with the King, he got help from
the gods to get the head of Medusa and had managed to
stop the King from pursuing his mother.

Characters- Pandora, and Zeus Curiosity can lead to disasters, and angering a god brings no
The humans accepted the gift from Prometheus but Zeus
was furious and chained Prometheus to a rock for many good follow-up actions
years. Zeus commanded Hephaestus to create a daughter
Pandora’s Box for him. Hephaestus made her in clay, and each god gave
her, Pandora a gift. Zeus knew Epimetheus was lonely, so
he sent Pandora to him as a gift and the two became
husband and wife. Zeus presented a box that was said to
never open, but Pandora could not forget about the
forbidden box. One day, she couldn’t help her curiosity, and
she slowly opened the box. The box exploded with horrible
and evil things. She quickly shut the box, but despair was
trapped inside the box, so hope survived.
 Characters- Narcissus, Echo
Angering the gods is bad luck, but loving yourself more is even
Echo, the wood nymph loved talking, and as a result,
shared gossips among the woods. Zeus’s wife, Hera, found more heartbreaking
herself searching for her husband, but Echo kept chatting
Echo and Narcissus along with Hera. During her talk, Zeus escaped and Hera
cursed her for distracting Hera, that she would only be able
to repeat the last words of others. Echo meets Narcissus
and falls in love with him, but finds herself heartbroken by
him, and vanishes. He, suffered his fate for loving himself
too much.
Characters- Heracles, Eurystheus No matter how strong or smart, one must have a good nature
The goddess Hera despised Heracles so much that she towards others
The Twelve Labor of planned ways to get rid of him. She made him kill his
Heracles family, and was sent to King Eurystheus. The king gave
him twelve tasks, demanded him to complete it, and tried
to use Heracles to make himself rich. Although he was
forgiven, he couldn’t forgive himself, and because he
wasn’t immortal, he withered away eventually.

Characters- Helen, Paris, Menelaus Giving up is not an answer, but a choice. Greeks used their
Helen was a beautiful lady who captured mens’ hearts,
but married King Menelaus, becoming the Queen of
mind rather than their strengths
Trojan Horse
Sparta. Although married, she was kidnapped by Prince
Paris of Troy, that brought the Trojan war for ten years.
Many of Greece’s bravest men died, but Odysseus went
with a plan to hide inside a horse, a gift for them, and
brought upon the war when the Trojans slept.

Characters- Achilles
Achilles, a mortal son of King Peleus and Thetis was foretold No matter what one does, fate plays the role in one’s life
that he would die at a young age but his mother, in order to
make Achilles immortal, took him to the River Styx. There she
held him by his left heel and dipped him into the water that
Achilles made him invincible, and grew up to be the most fearless
warrior of the Trojan War. However, in battle, the Trojan
prince, Paris, shot an arrow into Achilles’ heel.m the spot that
Achilles’ mother had held him when she dipped him in the
water, and died.
Characters- Demeter, Persephone, Hades Loving your beloved can bring prosperity, and happiness to
Demeter, the Harvest goddess adored her daughter,
the land, as well as one’s heart. But, losing your love would
Persephone the most, but Hades from the Underworld adores
her just as much. She gets separated from her mother and
Persephone and Demeter cause happiness to wither away
Hades takes her to his palace, offering everything he has. She
The Story of Four Season refuses, and wants to go home, and Demeter, searching for
her daughter turns earth gloomy. Zeus helps the family reunite,
but Hades proposed that if she ate anything on the stay, she
could never leave, but because he loved her so much, he let
her go for half a year. The mood of Demeter caused seasons.
Character- Orpheus You must trust gods because they never go
Orpheus was a cherished musician in Greece that even the birds stopped chirping
to listen him play his lyre. He was in love with a wood nymph, Eurydice and back in their word. Never second- guess gods
Music of the Underworld together, they married. During their marriage celebration, Eurydice stepped on a
The Story of Orpheus venomous snake, and its fangs left a bite on her ankle, and Orpheus’s wife was
and Eurydice gone. He experienced grief, but soon went to the Underworld to stay with his
beloved. Orpheus faces obstacles during his brave journey, but overcomes it with
his lyre. Hades decided to allow Eurydice to return with Orpheus under a condition
that he cannot turn back to see her until they passed the Underworld. But, he
second- guessed the gods, and turned, but she vanished. From that day on, his
songs were those of sadness and despair.