Can anyone tell me like 4 or 5? I need help with an english assignment.What are some natural phenomenons in the world that are explained by Greek myths?
Spiders = Arachne and Athena
Narcissus flower = Narcissus myth
Grasshopper/Cricket = I forget exactly what goddess, but she asked Zeus for this mortal guy to get eternal life cuz she loved him, but forgot to ask for eternal youth, so he withered away into a grasshopper
Echo = this one is sometimes tied into the Narcissus one, but Echo was a nymph who was cursed to only repeat what others said.What are some natural phenomenons in the world that are explained by Greek myths?
The flowers called Hyacinths were created by Apollo. Apollo accidentally killed his boyfriend/lover, and in remorse, created the Hyacinth and named it after his boyfriend.What are some natural phenomenons in the world that are explained by Greek myths?
Apollo and Daphne myth - look it up for the full story - Apollo loved Daphne because of a trick by Eros with two arrows but Daphne didn't love him back and the gods turned her into a laurel tree which made the laurel sacred to Apollo
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