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Demeter and Persephone Flashcards

1
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Ambrosia

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fed to Demo…

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Charter Myth

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Foundation of Worship of Demeter at Eleusis

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Celeus and Metaneira

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parents of Demo…

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Demeter (Ceres)

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daughter of cronus and rhea, sister of zeus, mother of Persephone by also zeus

de = wheat
meter = mother

roman name ceres

Demeter Withdraws
§ Famine comes upon the land
§ Zeus Intervenes
§ Sends deities to win her over
§ Demeter Refuses
§ Zeus Sends Hermes to Hades
§ Hades Relents
§ But Persephone eats § pomegranate seeds

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Demophoön

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demeter nurses him

son of Celeus and Metaneira

feeds him ambrosia and nectar and burns away mortal parts at night but gets caught and he remains mortal

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Eleusis / Eleusinian Mysteries

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demeter disguises herself as an old woman and takes refuge

Demeter Restores Fertility §Establishes Mystery cult
§Secret initiation
§Promise of happy afterlife

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Epopteia

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the beholding

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Hades

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abducts Persephone - rape is assumed
Zeus condoned is seen by Helius and Hecate

Demeter is sad and fasts for 9 days

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Hiera

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sexual intercourse, male/female genitalia

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Hierophant

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revealer of sacred things

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Iambe / Iambic poetry

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old woman cheers up Demeter and tells her jokes (iambic poetry)

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Kore

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daughter or girl

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Kykeon

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barley mint drink

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Lesser/Greater Mysteries

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preliminary to full initiation

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Myo

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to squint

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16
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Mystai

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squinters, initiates

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Mystery Religion

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Open only to those who are initiated

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Nectar

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fed to Demo…

19
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Persephone (Proserpina)

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fertility of crops, with mother known as two goddesses

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Phaenomena

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??

21
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Pomegranate

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Persephone eats when Hades gives to her - like taking her virginity has to spend 1/3 year with him, rest with Demeter

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Telesterion

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hall of initiation

23
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Triptolemus

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Messenger of Demeter
§ Passes on Agricultural Wisdom § Merges with Demophoön
§ Judge of Dead in Plato’s Republic

24
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The Two Demeters = The Two Goddesses

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demeter and persephone

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