Lecture 11

Question 1

What were the Eleusinian Mysteries?

Answer 1

They were initiations held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone based at Eleusis in ancient Greece. They are the “most famous of the secret religious rites of ancient Greece”

Question 2

What are mystery religions?

Answer 2

Belief in the immortality of soul and afterlife/future life

Question 3

Who were the Initiates?

Answer 3

Only for those who wished to belong joined—open to Greek women, children, men, and slaves

Question 4

How long were the Eleusinian Mysteries?

Answer 4

8 days

Question 5

What is Elysium?

Answer 5

Originally the paradise to which heroes on whom the gods conferred immortality were sent

Question 6

What rivers lead to the underworld? (5)

Answer 6

1. Lethe (Oblivion)
2. Acheron (Woe)
3. Styx (Pain/Hate)
4. Phlegethon (Flaming)
5. Cocytus (Lamentation)

Question 7

What regions lead to the underworld? (2)

Answer 7

1. Tartarus/Erebus

2. Elysium/Islands of the Blessed

Question 8

What are the Elysian fields also referred to?

Answer 8

Fortunate Isles or Isles of the Blessed

Question 9

Who ruled Elysium?

Answer 9

Kronos

Question 10

Tartaros became a place of punishment for who?

Answer 10

1. Sisyphos
2. Ixion
3. Tantalos

Question 11

What was Tantalus punishment?

Answer 11

He was made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the fruit ever eluding his grasp, and the water always receding before he could take a drink.

Question 12

What is DIONYSOS the God of? (5)

Answer 12

1. wine
2. fertility,
3. emotional freedom
4. ecstasy
5. theater `

Question 13

What are the symbols of Dinoysos? (9)

Answer 13

1. grape vine
2. thyrsus
3. kantharos
4. ivy
5. leopard or deerskin
6. bulls
7. lions
8. panthers
9. phallus

Question 14

What is Enthusiasmos?

Answer 14

Possession by God

Question 15

What is kantharos?

Answer 15

The form of a deep cup, with loop-shaped handles arising from the bottom of the body and extending high above the brim.

Question 16

What is Sparagmos?

Answer 16

An act of rending, tearing apart, or mangling (animal)

Question 17

Who is Oenopion?

Answer 17

King of Chios who brought wine making to the island

Question 18

What are the EPITHETS of Dinoysos? (5)

Answer 18

 Bromius: “boisterous”
 Golden-Haired
 Joy for mortals
 He of many delights
 Horned one

Question 19

Who were the followers of Dinoysos?

Answer 19

 Satyrs

 Maenads (or Bacchae or Bacchantes)

Question 20

Who were Satyrs?

Answer 20

They had an unrestrained desire for sex and wine, usually naked and horse-like (and ithyphallic)

Question 21

Who were Maenads (or Bacchae or Bacchantes)?

Answer 21

Frenzied women, in deer skins, thyrsus, snakes/other animals

Question 22

Who was Silenus?

Answer 22

An older and wiser Satyr

Question 23

Who was Semele?

Answer 23

daughter of Cadmus, king of Thebes, Dinoysos mother

Question 24

What happens in DIONYSOS & THE PIRATES?

Answer 24

Etruscan pirates kidnap the young god on the coast of Asia Minor

Question 25

What does Bromius mean?

Answer 25

“boisterous”

Question 26

When does the story of dionysos and the pirates come out?

Answer 26

(7th c. BCE)

Question 27

Who inflicts Dionysos with madness?

Answer 27

Hera

Question 28

Where does Dinoysos wander when inflicted with madness?

Answer 28

Egypt 
 Syria 
 Phrygia (Cybele) 
 India 
 GreeceFlute

Question 29

What did Dinoysos spread while on his madness journey?

Answer 29

Cult and winemaking