1. The fate of what Greek hero was sealed when his mother bathed him in the River Styx? Achilles Orpheus Thetis Odysseus 2. In Greek mythology, the River Styx is guarded by what demon? Cerberus Hades Charon Achilles Create your account to access this entire worksheet ...
After death, a person's soul was led to the River Styx by Mercury in order to cross into the underworld on the ferry of Charon. Once across, the souls...Become a member and unlock all Study Answers Start today. Try it now Create an account Ask a question Our experts can answer ...
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The Greek story of Achilles' heel is the one Homer tells in the long poem called "The Iliad." Here is how the story goes. When Achilles was a baby his mother bathed him in the river Styx. She believed the river had magical powers. Bathing her son in its waters, she thought, would ...
When his bride was bitten by a serpent and died on their wedding day, he took his lyre across the river Styx, and down to the depths of Hades, to move the god Pluto with his song, and obtain her release back into the world of the living. This, by the way, is the first recorded...
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He is the son of King Peleus of Phthia and the sea goddess, Thetis. She desired her son to be immortal. So, she dipped him in the River Styx by his heel, but where she held him, remained mortal. Achilles goes from unknown to a great hero of the Trojan War and will always be ...
the nymphThetis, to make her son immortal. There are various versions of this story in the ancient Greek literature, including her putting him in fire or water or anointing him, but the one version that has struck the popular imagination is the one with the River Styx and the Achilles Heel...
strong enough to almost make him an immortal because of his mother washing his body in the River Styx. Still, she missed a spot which became his fatal flaw in the end. Another variation of this story is that Thetis rubbed ambrosia on his body, but a specific part of his body was misse...
1 :of or relating to the river Styx. 2 : extremely dark, gloomy, or forbidding the stygian blackness of the cave. What is a gansey in English? A gansey (or guernsey) is ahardwearing, hand knitted, woollen jumperwhich has been worn by fishermen around the coast of Britian for many yea...