Chapter 16 Questions

Question 1

Who is sometimes said to be the father of Orpheus? A. Pan B. Zeus C. Marsyas D. Oeagrus

Answer 1

D (393)

Question 2

Which is not a Dionysian element in the story of Orpheus? A. He plays a lyre. B. He is torn apart. C. He descended into the Underworld. D. He is associated with maenads.

Answer 2

A (394)

Question 3

Who sprang from the cosmic egg in the Orphic cosmology? A. Cronus B. Adrasteia C. Phanes D. Zeus

Answer 3

C (396)

Question 4

What was the name given to the shedding of the blood of a bull in the rites or Cybele and Attis? A. sparagmos B. hiera C. Mithraea D. taurobolium

Answer 4

D (398)

Question 5

What term is used to describe the harmonizing of different cults and their myths into some kind of unity? A. diffusion B. syncretism C. affinity D. verisimilitude

Answer 5

B (397)

Question 6

According to Vergil, Eurydice’s untimely death resulted from: A. a snakebite she suffered while attempting to flee the advances of Aristaeus B. the wrath of Hera, for her succumbing to the seduction of Zeus C. a pact she had made with Hades D. a jealous attack by maenads

Answer 6

A (392)

Question 7

Orpheus had his origins in: A. Asia Minor B. Thrace C. Sicily D. Egypt

Answer 7

B (393)

Question 8

Which of the following is said of Orpheus? A. He was torn apart by enraged maenads. B. He was killed because of Aristaeus. C. He was attacked by his Thracian countrymen. D. Having come for Eurydice, he was not allowed to leave Hades.

Answer 8

A (392)

Question 9

Which divinity is not associated with the stories of Orpheus? A. Apollo B. Artemis C. Dionysus D. Hades

Answer 9

B (393-394)

Question 10

According to Orphic theogony, the first principle was: A. Gaia B. Eros C. Chronos D. Uranus

Answer 10

C (396)

Question 11

Like Hesiod, the Orphic tradition introduces early on the procreative power of Eros, also called by the Orphics: A. Cupid B. Phanes C. Aphrodite D. Zeus

Answer 11

B (396)

Question 12

Which sea-god does Aristaeus consult to learn why his bees have died? A. Nereus B. Triton C. Pontus D. Proteus

Answer 12

D (404, n. 2)

Question 13

Which is not a typical feature of mystery cults? A. secrecy B. initiation C. exclusion of women D. revelation

Answer 13

C (397-398)

Question 14

A full account of the initiation into the rites of Isis is given in: A. Ovid’s Metamorphoses B. Hesiod’s Theogony C. Vergil’s Georgics D. Apuleius’ Metamorphoses

Answer 14

D (399-400)

Question 15

Which Aegean island was home to the cult of the Cabiri? A. Delos B. Cyprus C. Samothrace D. Rhodes

Answer 15

C (398)

Question 16

Which god is a consort of Dea Syria? A. Tammuz B. Osiris C. Attis D. Adonis

Answer 16

A (399)