Demeter Flashcards
What was another greek name for Demeter?
Deo
Who were the parents of Demeter?
Cronus and Rhea
Who gave pelops his ivory shoulder?
Demeter
Who was seduced by Iasion?
Demeter
Who lay in a thrice plowed field with demeter?
Iasion
Which goddess lay in a thrice…
demeter
Iasion + demeter?
Plutus and Philomelus
Who invented the wagon?
Philomelus
Who did Demeter place in the stars as Bootes?
Philomelus
What is Drepane named for?
Demeter’s sickle
Where did Demeter teach the titans to sow corn?
Drepane
Who made flowers to grow for Persephone to pick?
Ge
Who changed Melpomene’s
daughters into Sirens for their unwillingness to join in the search?
Demeter
Who created the sirens?
demeter
Whose daughter’s became the sirens?
Melpolmene’s
Who told demeter that Persephone had been carried off?
Hecate
After speaking with Hecate, who did Demeter rush to?
Helius
Who told Demeter that it was Hades who carried Persephone off?
Helius
While Demeter was passing through Arcadia, who tried to rape her?
Poseidon
Demeter + Poseidon?
Arion
Who are the parents of Arion?
Poseidon and Demeter
Whose herds did Demeter hide with to avoid Poseidon?
Oncius’s
Shut in a cave on
Mount Elaeiis, near Phigalia…
Demeter
Who eventually found Demeter in the cave?
Pan
Who did Zeus send to talk to Demeter in the cave?
the fates
Who did Demeter transform into a lizard?
Ascalabus
Who ridiculed Demeter for drinking so greedily?
Ascalabus
What was ascalabus turned into?
a lizard
Who is the wife of Celeus?
Metaneira
Who is the husband of Metaneira?
Celeus
Who at Eleusis made demeter laugh?
Iambe
Demeter sat in a comer immersed in her grief until a waiting woman induced her to smile at her quips..
Iambe
In her eagerness to make him immortal and ageless, Demeter…
Demophon
Who in the underworld told on Persephone for eating pomegranate?
Ascalaphus
What son of Acheron…
Ascalaphus
What did Demeter turn Ascalaphus into?
an owl
Who pinned Ascalaphus under a rock?
Demeter
Who did Demeter turn into an owl?
Ascalaphus
Who was sent to summon Demeter to Olympus?
Iris
Who did Zeus send to reason with Demeter?
Rhea
Who gave Triptolemus a dragon drawn chariot?
Demeter
Who did Demeter give a dragon drawn chariot?
Triptolemus
Who flew through the air sowing corn, or else teaching the people of many lands how to cultivate grains?
Triptolemus
Who did demeter give a fig tree to?
Phytalus
What did Demeter give to Phytalus?
a fig tree
What festival did Triptolemus establish?
Thesmophoria
Three people that might have helped Demeter with finding Persephone
Hecate, Helius, Arethusa
