LCT17: Dionysos II

Question 1

Hera does what to Ino and Athamas?

Answer 1

drives them insane

Question 2

What does Athamas do?

Answer 2

hunts and kills older son, thinking him to be a deer

Question 3

What does Ino do?

Answer 3

boils other son in a c cauldron, them jumps into sea with his corpse

Question 4

Who delivers the infant Dionysos to “what” in Nysa?

Answer 4

Hermes delivers Dionysos to the nymphs in Nysa

Question 5

Nymphs

Answer 5

• kind semi-divine nature spirits
• looks like mortal women
• reside in trees, rivers, forests, mountains, etc.

Question 6

What does Dionysos do?

Answer 6

wanders through the east in disguise, converting cities to his worship –> gain recognition of himself as a new god (also to vindicate his mother)

Question 7

Where does Dionysos arrive after his wanderings?

Answer 7

Thebes, home of his mother’s family

Question 8

Who is spreading a rumor? What is it?

Answer 8

Agave (Semele’s sister) - that Semele was killed by Zeus for lying about being his lover

Question 9

Who doesn’t believe Dionysos is a god?

Answer 9

Pentheus, new king of Thebes (cousin of Dionysos)

Question 10

Who believes Dionysos?

Answer 10

women of Thebes, including Agave (Pentheus’ mother) - all become maenads and left the city

Question 11

What does Dionysos makes Pentheus do?

Answer 11

makes him admit he wants to see what the maenads in the wilderness are doing… has him dress up as a maenad and Dionysos leads him to them

Question 12

What do the maenads do to Pentheus?

Answer 12

tear him apart

Question 13

Agave puts Pentheus’ head on her…

Answer 13

thyrsos

Question 14

Dionysos offers what, as a god?

Answer 14

joy and ecstasy –> for those who follow/accept him

terror and madness –> those who don’t

Question 15

Demeter

Answer 15

goddess of grain/agriculture

Question 16

Who are the parents of Demeter?

Answer 16

Cronos and Rheia (one of the first original 6 Olympians)

Question 17

Who is the daughter of Demeter? By whom?

Answer 17

Persephone (by Zeus): a fertility goddess

Question 18

Hades

Answer 18

ruler of the dead
kingdom is the underworld
“lord of many guests”
grim/serious, not evil

Question 19

Who does Hades fall in love with? Who does he ask for help?

Answer 19

Persephone

-goes to Zeus for help who tells him to abduct Persephone (his daughter) and bring her to the underworld

Question 20

What does Demeter do after Persephone is abducted?

Answer 20

wanders the earth for 9 days with a torch in hand

Question 21

Who heard Persephone cry out?

Answer 21

Hecate: goddess who controls the dark powers of earth/the underworld

Question 22

Who do Demeter and Hecate go to? What does he say?

Answer 22

Helios - saw abduction, explains and says that Zeus approved

Question 23

What does Demeter do after she finds out the news about Zeus?

Answer 23

feels betrayed –> shuns company of gods and walks earth in disguise (woman named “Deo”)

Question 24

What does Demeter do in Eleusis?

Answer 24

meets daughters of King Celeos and Qeen Metaneiro

• tells them made up story
• begins work in their home as a nurse to newborn son Demophon

Question 25

What does Demeter drink?

Answer 25

kykeon (barley drink)

Question 26

What does Demeter do to Demophon?

Answer 26

give him ambrosia and throws him into the fire to “burn” the mortal-ness off of him –> to gain herself a son
-discovered by the queen

Question 27

What does Demeter do to Eleusis?

Answer 27

FAMINE until she sees Persephone again

Question 28

What does Hades allow Persephone to do?

Answer 28

visit upper world for 2/3 of year

Question 29

What does Hades make Persephone eat?

Answer 29

pomegranate –> food symbolizes her attachment to him