What Greek Legend Are You?

Nicknamed 'Foresight,' Prometheus was a Titan who always thought ahead. His greatest epiphany was that he could end the starvation and death from cold that was plaguing humans if he could get them fire. Zeus refused his request, saying that the humans were too stupid to be given the responsibility of fire. Prometheus then snuck into Zeus's domain and stole a spark from his lightning bolt, carried it to the humans, and taught them how to use fire. As punishment, Zeus chained him to a rock for all eternity. Prometheus wasn't bothered by it; he was happy he saved humanity. Luckily, Hercules eventually rescued him.

The story of the seasons is a story of love. Demeter was the goddess of fertility and nature. Unbeknownst to her, Zeus married off her daughter, Persephone, to Hades, the god of the underworld. He was kind to her, and Persephone fell in love. Aboveground, Demeter fell into a deep depression, and everything withered and died. Zeus, not wanting the world to become barren, struck a deal with Hades that, for a few months a year, Persephone could visit her mother. When she did, everything bloomed and the world became bountiful once again. The Greeks believed this was how we got the seasons!

Arachne was a master weaver--the best in all the land. One day, someone asked how she learned to spin and weave. When she said that she taught herself, the person asked if it was not Athena, the goddess of craft, who taught her. Arachne's reply was a boast that not even Athena could weave as well as she did. Athena overheard and challenged her to a contest. Whoever lost would never spin or weave with spindle or loom again. Of course, Athena won. Having pity on the devastated Arachne, she changed her into a spider, so that she could continue weaving and spinning without spindle or loom.

In order to win back his rightful throne from his uncle, Jason was tasked with retrieving the Golden Fleece, a magical relic from an enchanted ram. To do it, he and his Argonauts sailed the seas and went through many trials before reaching the kingdom where it was held. The king there, however, did not want to give it up, so he gave Jason tasks to complete before he could have it. With the aid of the Princess Medea's magic, he cheated on each task and eventually just gave up and stole it. He and Medea ran away together, and he got his throne back. Even though Jason's original quest was honorable and the throne was rightly his, his cheating caught up with him in the end. He lost the throne to his cousin.

Clytemnestra is supposed to be the villain character in the Electra story, but she kinda gets an undeserved bad rap. Just because Electra hated her doesn't mean we have to. Clytemnestra's first husband was murdered by Electra's father, Agamemnon, who then raped Clytemnestra and forced her into marriage. Later, he got the hots for Helen of Troy, but because he ticked off the goddess Artemis, he couldn't go to save her unless he sacrificed his eldest daughter. When he came back from Troy, he brought a hot young mistress with him. Meanwhile, Clytemnestra had found true love, and she and her lover plotted Agamemnon's death and killed him. Electra and her brother then got revenge for their father by taking out the two murdering lovers.

Music is the language of love, especially when it's sad. Orpheus was the greatest musician who ever lived, so much so that birds and animals would stop to listen to his songs. When his wife died, he was so inconsolable that he went down to the underworld to beg Hades for his wife's return to life. Hades agreed as long as they wouldn't look back. Unfortunately, Orpheus couldn't risk temptation, and Eurydice was doomed to remain in death. For the rest of his life, he roamed the countryside, playing and singing forlorn music. When he died, the Muses carried his lyre into the skies and hung it among the stars.