Lesson about Greek Legends

Educator Syuzi Karapetyan

Perseus and

Medusa

Legend of Cassandra

Cassandra also known as Alexandra or Cassandra, was the daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. She received the gift of prophecy from Apollo fell in love with her, but for the fact that she cheated, did not respond to him in return, he made sure that the predictions of Cassandra nobody believed. A tragic prophecy of Cassandra is not heeded, it ridiculed and taken as insane. But the predicted culminated in the death of her family and the destruction of Troy

Cassandra wonders about the fate of Troy.

Pandora's boxPandora's box is an artifact in Greek

mythology, taken from the myth of Pandora's creation in Hesiod's Works and Days. The "box" was actually a large jar given to Pandora  which

contained all the evils of the world. Pandora opened the jar and all the evils flew out, leaving only Hope inside once she had closed it again.

When all the misery out of the box, Pandora

began to cry, but it was too late.

Flour TantalusTantalus was a Greek mythological figure, most famous for his eternal punishment in Tartarus.

He was made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the

fruit ever eluding his grasp, and the water always receding before he could take a drink.

Fruit tree and

Tantalus

Thank you for attention!

syuzikarapetyan@ohanyan.eiu.am