Chapter 9 Questions

Question 1

Who is not considered a possible father of Priapus?

A. Hermes

B. Cronus

C. Pan

D. Adonis

Answer 1

B. Cronus (195)

Question 2

What happened to the women of Cyprus?

A. They became the first prostitutes.

B. They were turned into stone.

C. They were all slain.

D. They were consigned to the Underworld for punishment.

Answer 2

A. They became the first prostitutes. (196)

Question 3

With what Phoenician goddess is Aphrodite often confused?

A. Ishtar

B. Cybele

C. Astarte

D. Myrrha

Answer 3

C. Astarte (197)

Question 4

Who is the mother of Attis?

A. Cybele

B. Aphrodite

C. Astarte

D. Nana

Answer 4

D. Nana (203)

Question 5

By whom is Socrates instructed in the true nature of Eros?

A. Diotima

B. Apollo

C. Aristophanes

D. Eryximachus

Answer 5

A. Diotima (215)

Question 6

The daughter of Cinyras, who fell in love with her own father, was:

A. Cenchreis

B. Caenis

C. Myrrha

D. Eos

Answer 6

C. Myrrha (197)

Question 7

ˇWhich goddess was worshiped by eunuch priests?

A. Astarte

B. Cybele

C. Isis

D. Rhea

Answer 7

B. Cybele (203)

Question 8

Which place is not associated with Aphrodite?

A. Paphos

B. Cythera

C. Cyprus

D. Crete

Answer 8

D. Crete (194)

Question 9

Who is the ithyphallic son of Aphrodite who ensures prosperity and guards against thieves?

A. Cupid

B. Priapus

C. Phallus

D. Pan

Answer 9

B. Priapus (195)

Question 10

Which is not true of Adonis?

A. He was Aphrodite’s lover who was gored by a boar.

B. He was the consort of Cybele who castrated himself.

C. The anemone sprang from drops of his blood.

D. He was compelled to remain in the Underworld with Persephone for a part of the year.

Answer 10

B. He was the consort of Cybele who castrated himself. (197; 202-203)

Question 11

Who was the mortal by whom Aphrodite conceived the Trojan Aeneas?

A. Anchises

B. Attis

C. Adonis

D. Pygmalion

Answer 11

A. Anchises (204)

Question 12

In what dialogue does Plato inquire into the nature of Eros?

A. The Apology

B. The Euthyphro

C. The Symposium

D. The Republic

Answer 12

C. The Symposium (211)

Question 13

Who, in Plato, narrates the story of the three original sexes?

A. Socrates

B. Aristophanes

C. Pausanias

D. Agathon

Answer 13

B. Aristophanes (212)

Question 14

In the Symposium Socrates relates that the true parents of Eros were Poros and Penia, which mean:

A. Beauty and Guile

B. Cleverness and Wisdom

C. Priapus and Aphrodite

D. Resourcefulness and Poverty

Answer 14

D. Resourcefulness and Poverty (216)

Question 15

In what work do we find the tale of Cupid and Psyche?

A. Apuleius’ Metamorphoses

B. Ovid’s Metamorphoses

C. Plato’s Symposium

D. Hesiod’s Theogony

Answer 15

A. Apuleius’ Metamorphoses (218)

Question 16

Who was the famous poetess from Lesbos?

A. Lesbia

B. Sappho

C. Polyhymnia

D. Urania

Answer 16

B. Sappho (221)

Question 17

The Seasons (Horae) are children of Zeus and:

A. Themis

B. Gaia

C. Metis

D. Eurynome

Answer 17

A. Themis (195)

Question 18

Some accounts say Aphrodite is the daughter of Zeus and:

A. Hera

B. Dione

C. Hestia

D. Rhea

Answer 18

B. Dione (193)

Question 19

Pygmalion fell in love with:

A. a statue of a woman

B. a woman who had been turned into a cow

C. his own reflection

D. Aphrodite

Answer 19

A. a statue of a woman

(198-201)