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Part Six: Chapter 2 - - Brief Myths arranged Alphabetically

1. What curse is put on te Danaids because they killed their husbands?

2. Who are the Amazons?

3. How does the myth of Arachne explain the weaving skill of the spider?

4. How do two well-known constellations come into being, according to te myth of Callisto?

5. What unusual situation exists in the story of Clytie? What is the result?

6. How does the story of dryope show how much th egreeks believe in the protection of trees?

7. Who is Epimenides?

8. What is the myth of Hero and Leander?

9. What is the source of Melampus as a great soothsayer?

10. How does the constellation Orion come about/

11. Why dooes zeus place stars in the heavens/