Mythology -Flower myths

What was found at the place where Narcissus died?

• a flower

• nothing

• his image

Who fell in love with his own reflection?

• Narcissus

• Prometheus

• Zeus

• Orion

That was true of the narcissus, which was not like ours of that name, but a lovely bloom of glowing purple and silver. ______ called it into being to help his brother, the lord of the dark underworld, when he wanted to carry away the maiden he had fallen in love with, Demeter’s daughter, Persephone.

• Zeus

• Poseidon

• Hera

• Ares

The fairest nymph of all fell in love with Narcissus. Her name was ____.

• Persephone

• Echo

• Helen

• Thetis

Narcissus went on his cruel way, a scorner of love. But at last one of those he wounded prayed a prayer and it was answered by the gods: “May he who loves not others love _____.”

• an ugly girl

• an evil person

• himself

• an immortal

The great goddess _____, which means righteous anger, undertook to bring this about. As Narcissus bent over a clear pool for a drink and saw there his own reflection, on the moment he fell in love with it.

• Artemis

• Aphrodite

• Nestor

• Nemesis

The festival of _____

That lasts throughout the tranquil night.

In a contest with Apollo

He was slain.

Discus throwing they competed,

And the god’s swift cast

Sped beyond the goal he aimed at

• Adonis

• Hyacinthus

• Narcissus

• Anemone

There is a story, too, that ____, the West Wind, not Apollo, was the direct cause of the death, that he also loved this fairest of youths and in his jealous anger at seeing the god preferred to him he blew upon the discus and made it strike Hyacinth.

• Boreas

• Auster

• Zephyr

• Eurus

Of these deaths and flowery resurrections the most famous was that of Adonis. Every year the Greek girls mourned for him and every year they rejoiced when his flower, the blood red ____, the windflower, was seen blooming again.

• Anemone

• Hyacinthus

• Narcissus

What flower is it?

• Anemone

• Hyacinth

• Narcissus