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Mrs. Bormann

2. Demeter
Aphrodite
Artemis
Athena
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3. What does Demeter’s name mean?
mother
What does Demeter’s name mean?
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4. Who is Aphrodite’s constant
Cupid
Who is Aphrodite’s constant
companion?
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5. If a woman died suddenly, what was the explanation?
She was struck by Artemis’ arrows.
If a woman died suddenly,
what was the explanation?
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6. How does Athena participate in the Iliad?
encouraged Greeks to glorious deeds, helps come up with Trojan horse
How does Athena participate
in the Iliad?
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7. Who promised Persephone to Hades?
Zeus
Who promised Persephone to Hades?
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8. Salmacis prayed what regarding Hermaphroditus and what was the result?
She prayed they would be one so the gods fused them together with male genitals and female breasts
Salmacis prayed what regarding
Hermaphroditus and what
was the result?
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9. Boasted she was better than Leto for the amount of children she had so Apollo and Artemis killed all 12 of her children and she wept until she became a stone statue
What happened to Niobe?
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10. Jason, Heracles, Perseus, Odysseus
Who did she watch over?
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11. Who abducted Persephone and how?
Hades came up through a split in the earth and put Persephone in his chariot after she was lured away by a narcissus flower
Who abducted Persephone and how?
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12. What did Pygmalion create and
He created an ivory statue because the women of Cyprus were immoral and he fell in love with his statue and prayed that it would come to life. Aphrodite granted it life
What did Pygmalion create and
what happened when he
prayed to Aphrodite?
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13. What was Orion’s crime and how
tried to rape Artemis, affair with Eos; scorpion on head and killed him; constellations
What was Orion’s crime and how
was he punished?
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14. What does Athena represent?
reasons control over elemental forces
What does Athena represent?
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15. What happened with Metaneira and her child?
Demeter was trying to give the child immortality by dipping him in the fire; Metaneira spied and cried out angering Demeter who never finished giving the child her gift
What happened with Metaneira and her child?
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16. Who was Myrrha and how was she
Cinyras boasted Myrrha more beautiful than Aphrodite so they slept together for so father was going to kill her and she was turned into a myrr tree. Adonis came out.
Who was Myrrha and how was she
punished?
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17. What was Actaeon’s crime and
He saw Artemis bathing so was turned into a stag and his own dogs devoured him
What was Actaeon’s crime and
how was he punished?
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18. What was Arachne’s crime and
boasted she was a better weaver, weaved the gods indiscretions, turned into a spider hence the word arachnid
What was Arachne’s crime and
punishment?
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19. Explain the symbolism of Persephone Demeter, and the pomegranate
Persephone represents young Greek girls who were married at a young age to men twice their age, promised by their father. Demeter represents the mothers who lost their daughters. Pomegranate is sexual union, seed as male and the fleshy part as female
Explain the symbolism of Persephone
Demeter, and the pomegranate
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20. What were Anchises instructions and why did Zeus make
Never to tell that he slept with Aphrodite or Zeus would strike him with a thunderbolt. She made the gods fall in love with mortals. It was Zeus revenge.
What were Anchises instructions
and why did Zeus make
Aphrodite fall for a mortal?
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21. What do the Artemis myths reflect?
primitive human sacrifice to ensure the hunt
What do the Artemis myths reflect?
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22. How are Athena and Prometheus similar?
both help humans to control their environment; fire-spin wool
How are Athena and Prometheus
similar?
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