Demeter and Persephone Flashcards
Symbols of Demeter
- Cornucopia
- Wheat
- Torch
- Bread
Goddess of ______ and ________.
Harvest and agriculture
Roman name of Demeter
Ceres
Epithets of Demeter
- Rich-haired
- Mistress
- Chloē (“The Verdant One”)
- In the Ground
- One who sends up gifts
Demeter nursed whose sons?
Celeus and Metaneira
What did Demeter do to whose son?
She attempted to burn Metaneira’s son Demophon. The mother caught her
What did Demeter do to Tantalus’s son?
She ate the shoulder of Pelops. He got an ivory replacement.
Who kidnapped Persephone?
Hades, her uncle, kidnapped Persephone and brought her to the Underworld.
What happens to Dememter and the land when Persephone is gone?
Demeter is depressed, causing vegetation to shoot into the ground during the winter and grow forth in the spring; creates the seasons.
What does Persephone eat in the Underworld?
4 pomegranate seeds
Roman name of Persephone
Proserpina
What is Persephone lured to Hades by?
The sweet smelling Narcissus Flower with 100 blooms
Who are the two blond-haired gods?
Demeter and Apollo
