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| Who are the parents of Demeter? | Cronus and Rhea |
| Demeter's Latin(Roman) name is... | Ceres |
| Dionysus' Roman name is... | Bacchus |
| Demeter's festival, Proerosia, lasted for how many days? | nine |
| Eleusis is located near the great city of... | Athens |
| Why are Dionysus and Demeter often worshipped together? | Because grain, harvests, and wine are essential to Greco-Roman life. |
| Demeter's daughter was named... | Persephone and Proserpine |
| What are the sacred drink of worshippers at Eleusis? | Barley water flavored with mint. |
| What did Demeter do with Demophoon? Why? | She would anoint him with ambrosia and place him into fire. She wanted to make him immortal. |
| Who initiated the return of Persephone? | Zeus |
| What did Persephone eat and why is this important? | Pomegranate seeds given to her by Hades; By eating food from the underworld, she must return there. |
| According to the text, how many months is Demeter without her daughter? What season is this? | 3 months; winter |
| What makes Dionysus unique from other gods. | His mother was mortal. |
| Who was Dionysus' mother? | Semele, princess of Thebes |
| Who devised a plan that ultimately ending in Semele's death? | Hera |
| What did Semele ask Zeus to do for her? | She wanted to see the "true" or "real" Zeus. |
| What did Zeus do after he granted Semele's wish? | He took baby Dionysus from burning Semele and implanted baby Dionysus into his thigh or side. |
| Dionysus' female followers were called: | Maenads or Bacchantes |
| How did Pentheus, King of Thebes, anger Dionysus? | Pentheus denied Dionysus' divinity. |
| What happened to Pentheus? | The Maenads, along with other Thebans, including his mother, ripped him into pieces after Dionysus placed them all into a state of madness. |
