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Part Two: Chapter 4 – Four Great Adventures

1. How does the myth of Phaethon explain the popular trees that grow along the bank of the river Eridanus?

2. Pegasus and Bellerophon

a. Why does Bellerophon believe that he can be equal to the gods?
b. What does Bellerophon forget?
c. What Greek beliefs does this story of Bellerophon illustrate?

3. How does the myth of Otus and Ephialtes also show the foolishness of trying to rise above the gods?

4. How does the myth of Deadalus explain the expression “flying too close to the sun”?