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Junior Cycle Classics: Expressions from myth
How often Expressions from myth comes up on the Classics papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.
CL Asked on 2 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2024.
Expressions from myth, Common Level(8 marks)
Quick ones on Expressions from myth.
(a)A 'Herculean' task is named after Heracles. Which labour meant clearing a huge mess in a single day?
- The Erymanthian boar
- The Augean stables
- The golden apples
(b)Which English word comes from a myth about a youth who fell in love with his own reflection?
- Panic
- Tantalising
- Narcissist
(c)A team's one weak player is its 'Achilles heel'. In the later myth, why was Achilles' heel his weak spot?
- His mother held him by it in the Styx
- He hurt it badly racing chariots as a boy
- Apollo cursed it after a quarrel
Show the answers
(a) The Augean stables
(b) Narcissist
(c) His mother held him by it in the Styx
Common Level
Asked on 2 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2024.
Every paper, year by year
| Year | Where it came up |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Not asked |
| 2025 | Not asked |
| 2024 | Q2 |
| 2023 | Not asked |
| 2022 | Q2 |
Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.