08 Artemis and Apollo

Question 1

Actraeon

Answer 1

An Athenian festival in honor of Dionysus in which Hermes escorted the souls of the dead back to the Underworld. (p. 294)

Question 2

Artemis Orthia

Answer 2

The location of initiations for adolescent boys, near Sparta. (p. 344)

Question 3

Asclepius

Answer 3

The son of Apollo, a legendary figure or a god known for healing the sick. (p. 352)

Question 4

Brauronia

Answer 4

An initiation ritual for young girls before marriage that took place in Brauron, a region east of Athens. (p. 344)

Question 5

Callisto

Answer 5

A female follower of Artemis who is impregnated by Zeus and turned into a bear by Athens (or by Hera). (p. 346)

Question 6

Cassandra

Answer 6

The Trojan princess to whom Apollo gives the gift of prophecy, even though no one who listens will believe her. (p. 354)

Question 7

Catharsius

Answer 7

A cult title of Apollo, meaning “Purifier”. (p. 344)

Question 8

Daphne

Answer 8

A nymph who refuses Apollo’s advances and is transformed into a laurel tree by her father. (p. 354)

Question 9

Delos

Answer 9

The small island in the Aegean that permitted Leto to deliver her children on its land. (p. 347)

Question 10

Delphi

Answer 10

An oracular shrine in central Greece where Apollo, through his priestesses the Pythias, dispensed oracles. (p. 344)

Question 11

Hippolytus

Answer 11

A young man, a virgin, and a hunter who prefers the woods and the company of other young men to the city and the demands of adulthood. (p. 347)

Question 12

Hyacinthia

Answer 12

An initiation ritual for young boys near Sparta and a neighboring town, Amyclae. (p. 344)

Question 13

Iphegenia

Answer 13

The daughter of Agamemnon, who is sacrificed to Artemis in order to appease her into sending favorable winds for Troy. (p. 350)

Question 14

Orion

Answer 14

A hunter who attempts to rape Artemis and is killed by her with her arrows. (p. 346)

Question 15

Pythia

Answer 15

The priestess of Apollo at his oracular shrine in Delphi. (p. 353)