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Fill in the Blanks Heroes and TragediesOnline version complete the sentences for the heroes and tragedies we studied. by Michelle - HS Costanzo 1 Medea snakes Circe Hera Olympus Aphrodite Zeus labyrinth Iphigenia Deadelus Artemis 12 Hippomenes Achilles Perseus Pegasus Meleager labors eye Chiron fates Odysseus Helen Hesperides Jason Oedipus Atalanta Sphynx Paris Orpheus Agamemnon Patroclus Orestes minotaur Medusa trees Bellerophon Sirens GoldenFleece god 10 father Electra Theseus white Icarus Scylla Atlas mother Briseis Hades Clytemnestra Hector Jason's * * became the commander of the Greek forces after and ran away to Troy . * * Agamemnon sacrificed his own daughter , , in order to appease , who had stalled his ships in the middle of the sea . * * When he returned , he found his wife , , having an affair with his cousin . * * attempted to hide from the Trojan war because of a prophecy that said he would die if he and fought each other . * * Achilles had several lovers , including his cousin and best friend : Patroclus ; the princess of Skyros : Diademedes , and his war prize , . * * When Achilles refused to fight , dressed in Achilles armor , took the field , and was killed by Hector . * * and killed their mother , Clytemnestra , in revenge for killing their father . * * defeated the by answering a riddle correctly . * * Oedipus gouged out his eyes when he realized he'd fulfilled a prophecy that he would kill his and marry his . * * traveled to the underworld to attempt to bring his wife back from the dead by charming with music . According to legend , he could sing and play the lyre so well that even the would dance . * * Orpheus would use his music to help crew escape the by playing louder and more beautifully than they could . * * was imprisoned with his son in the for helping Theseus kill the minotaur and escape . * * fell to his death because he flew too close to the sun in his wax wings . * * is a sorceress who helped kill the CholchianDragon in order to get the . * * spent years trying to return home to his wife after the Trojan War ended . One of his trials during this time was escaping from , who turned all of his sailors into swine . * * is best known for killing the and forgetting to put up the sail to let his father know he survived . * * fell in love with Atalanta . the two of them worked as part of a hunting party to kill the Calydonian boar . * * married when he won a footrace against her . * * When he forgot to thank for her help winning Atalanta , however , he and Atalanta were turned into lions . * * killed the Gorgon , , and used her head to kill his stepfather . * * in order to find Medusa , Perseus took the single shared by the Graeae sisters ( the ) and would only give it back when they revealed Medusa's location . * * was best known for killing the Chimera and taming the winged horse , . He was thrown from the winged horse when he attempted to fly to Mount . * * Heracles was the illegitimate son of . He was born at the same time as his cousin . His mother found out which of them was Heracles when Hera sent to kill both boys , bt Heracles killed the snakes instead . * * drove Heracles insane and caused him to kill his own wife and children . He took on to cleanse himself of the guilt . * * To retrieve the golden apples from the , Heracles asked for help . Heracles would hold the world on his shoulders while got the apples . * * After his death , Heracles was made a . * * Both Odysseus and Jason had to choose between sailing between and Charybdis , two sea monsters who promised certain death to at least some of their sailors . * * , a centaur , trained many of the Greek and Trojan heroes .

Fill in the Blanks

Heroes and TragediesOnline version

complete the sentences for the heroes and tragedies we studied.

by Michelle - HS Costanzo

Medea snakes Circe Hera Olympus Aphrodite Zeus labyrinth Iphigenia Deadelus Artemis 12 Hippomenes Achilles Perseus Pegasus Meleager labors eye Chiron fates Odysseus Helen Hesperides Jason Oedipus Atalanta Sphynx Paris Orpheus Agamemnon Patroclus Orestes minotaur Medusa trees Bellerophon Sirens GoldenFleece god 10 father Electra Theseus white Icarus Scylla Atlas mother Briseis Hades Clytemnestra Hector Jason's

* * became the commander of the Greek forces after and ran away to Troy .
* * Agamemnon sacrificed his own daughter , , in order to appease , who had stalled his ships in the middle of the sea .
* * When he returned , he found his wife , , having an affair with his cousin .
* * attempted to hide from the Trojan war because of a prophecy that said he would die if he and fought each other .
* * Achilles had several lovers , including his cousin and best friend : Patroclus ; the princess of Skyros : Diademedes , and his war prize , .
* * When Achilles refused to fight , dressed in Achilles armor , took the field , and was killed by Hector .
* * and killed their mother , Clytemnestra , in revenge for killing their father .
* * defeated the by answering a riddle correctly .
* * Oedipus gouged out his eyes when he realized he'd fulfilled a prophecy that he would kill his and marry his .
* * traveled to the underworld to attempt to bring his wife back from the dead by charming with music . According to legend , he could sing and play the lyre so well that even the would dance .
* * Orpheus would use his music to help crew escape the by playing louder and more beautifully than they could .
* * was imprisoned with his son in the for helping Theseus kill the minotaur and escape .
* * fell to his death because he flew too close to the sun in his wax wings .
* * is a sorceress who helped kill the CholchianDragon in order to get the .
* * spent years trying to return home to his wife after the Trojan War ended . One of his trials during this time was escaping from , who turned all of his sailors into swine .
* * is best known for killing the and forgetting to put up the sail to let his father know he survived .
* * fell in love with Atalanta . the two of them worked as part of a hunting party to kill the Calydonian boar .
* * married when he won a footrace against her .
* * When he forgot to thank for her help winning Atalanta , however , he and Atalanta were turned into lions .
* * killed the Gorgon , , and used her head to kill his stepfather .
* * in order to find Medusa , Perseus took the single shared by the Graeae sisters ( the ) and would only give it back when they revealed Medusa's location .
* * was best known for killing the Chimera and taming the winged horse , . He was thrown from the winged horse when he attempted to fly to Mount .
* * Heracles was the illegitimate son of . He was born at the same time as his cousin . His mother found out which of them was Heracles when Hera sent to kill both boys , bt Heracles killed the snakes instead .
* * drove Heracles insane and caused him to kill his own wife and children . He took on to cleanse himself of the guilt .
* * To retrieve the golden apples from the , Heracles asked for help . Heracles would hold the world on his shoulders while got the apples .
* * After his death , Heracles was made a .
* * Both Odysseus and Jason had to choose between sailing between and Charybdis , two sea monsters who promised certain death to at least some of their sailors .
* * , a centaur , trained many of the Greek and Trojan heroes .

You can integrate the game into an LMS compatible with LTI 1.1 or LTI 1.3 such as Canvas, Moodle, or Blackboard. This way, the scores will be automatically saved into the platform’s gradebook.

Heroes and Tragedies