Hades and the underworld
Hades's (Aïdes) name in Greek means
Hint: alpha + idein
What is "the invisible one"
The hymn to Demeter has this many "levels"
What is 3
Aphrodite's name in Greek means
Hint: Aphros + duomai
What is "to emerge from foam"
These two lovers of Aphrodite are physical opposites
Who are Hephaestus and Ares
Hades goes by this name for the Romans meaning ___
What is Pluto, meaning "the wealthy one”
It is __ for whom you put a coin in the mouth of the dead
What is Charon
The levels in the hymn all share these 3 starting "emotions" (2/3 is fine)
What are Deceit, Violence, Despair
Aphrodite's powers do not extend to these three virgin Goddesses
Who are Athena, Artemis, Hestia
This is the word for how Hephaestus was born (the Homeric version of the story)
What is parthenogenesis
This criminal lusted after Hera
Who is Ixion
The punishments of these two figures were comparable
Who are Prometheus and Tityus
This is the name Demeter adopts in the Eleusis
What is Doso
Aphrodite sprinkles ___'s blood with nectar from which springs the flower ____
Adonis, anemone
___ failed to bring ____ back to free ____ from the throne but ___ succeeded
Ares, Hephaestus, Hera, Dionysus
In Theogony, Aphrodite emerged from the genitals of Uranus when he was castrated
In Iliad, Aphrodite is Zeus and Dione’s daughter
This Greek word has a dual significance in the work of Heraclitus
What is bios
This mother asks a favor of Demeter but later fails to understand what Demeter is doing with her child
Metaneira
These are the epithets/versions of Aphrodite portrayed in Greek (english versions ok)
What are Aphrodite Ourania (respectable), Pandemos (vulgar), and Philommedes (naughty)
What are the two versions of why Hephaestus was thrown out from Mt. Olympus?
Zeus throws him out for supporting Hera in a marital argument which leads to his physical disfigurement
Due to his physical disfigurement, Hera tossed him out Mt. Olympus
These are the three kings of the underworld
Who are Monis, Rhadamanthus and Aeacus
These are the names and meanings of the 5 rivers of the underworld (4/5 is ok)
What are: Styx (“the abhorrent one”), Lethe (“forgetfulness”), Acheron (“river of woe”), (Pyri)phlegethon (“the one who shines with fire”), Cocytus (“lament”)
The last stage in each of the levels of the hymn is ___ (must get all 3!)
What is: Grief, Amends/appeasement, Partial victory
These are the three interpretations of dread surrounding Aeneas
Aphrodite was seized with dread when she slept with a mortal man Anchises
Anchises will feel dread if he reveals Aphrodite is the mother because he’ll be blasted with Zeus’s thunderbolt
Aeneas is causing dread to enemies
How are Dionysus and Hephaestus outsiders in the Pantheon?
Hephaestus violates the Greek obsession with beauty since he is disfigured by his physical disability
Dionysus violates the Greek ideal of rationality, since he is the god of wine, revelry, and irrationality; and he was also first worshipped outside Greece and was then imported to the country; so he is in two different respects “foreign” in the eyes of the Greeks.
This is the name of one of Aphrodite's children which means "persuation"/"agreeable compulsion"
What is Peitho