Week 10

Question 1

thyrsus

Answer 1

fennel staff topped with pinecone

Question 2

zeus and semele (hera)

Answer 2

hera is jealous of semele, so she disguises as an old woman, and tricks semele into thinking zeus is lying about his identity, so semele makes zeus promise to reveal himself, she is killed by seeing his godly face, zeus sews baby dio into his thigh

Question 3

cybele

Answer 3

dio wanders in his madness to asia minor where he meets cybele, the great mother, she cures his madness and reveals secret rites

Question 4

who cares for baby dio

Answer 4

ino, queen of orchomenus disguises him as girl, hera still finds him and drives him mad

Question 5

euripides bacchae

Answer 5

pentheus, dio cousin is king of thebes, semele sisters have spread rumors so dio divinity challenged, he makes the women of thebes into maenads and they leave the city

Question 6

bacchae pt 2

Answer 6

cadmus and tiriseas on dio side, pentheus tries to bind dio and threaten him messenger tells pentheus of the women

Question 7

maenads

Answer 7

possessed women devoted to dio

Question 8

bacchae pt 3

Answer 8

dio makes pentheus want to go see, he dresses as a maenad, hides in a tree, ripped apart by his mother agave who thinks he is a monster, she carries him into thebes, madness cured, dios justice

Question 9

omophagy

Answer 9

eating of raw flesh

Question 10

thiasus

Answer 10

his procession, maenads, saytrs, and sileni

Question 11

sileni

Answer 11

basically saytrs but old, always a wise one named silenus (tutor)

Question 12

dio associated

Answer 12

with fertility goddess and theatre

Question 13

zagreus dio

Answer 13

son of zeus persephone, god of mysteries and underworld, jealous hera has him eaten by titans, athena saves his heart, gives to zeus, who swallows and give semele the baby, hits titans with lightning bolt

Question 14

zagreus anthropogony

Answer 14

humans formed from ashes of titans, gives humans dual nature of divine and evil

Question 15

king midas

Answer 15

midas returns silenus to dio, dio offers him gift, gold touch turns into curse, dio pities and cures him

Question 16

dio homeric hymn

Answer 16

too pretty, pirates kidnap, chaos breaks loose, takes vengeance

Question 17

pan

Answer 17

part of dio procession, especially in pompeii, god of sheperds and musicians, invented pan pipe (syrinx)

Question 18

echo and pan

Answer 18

he is in love, she flees, pan spreads panic to sheperds, they tear her to pieces and all that remains is her voice

Question 19

echo and narcissus

Answer 19

in love with his reflection, transforms into flower