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| What is Demeter's Roman name, what is she the goddess of, and who were her parents? | Ceres, Goddess of corn, Cronus and Rhea |
| What was Dionysus's Roman name and what was he the god of? | Bacchus and Wine |
| When was Demeter's festival and how long did it last? | September, every five years, nine days |
| Where was Demeter's temple and what was the worship called? | Eleusis, which is near Athens, and the Eleusinian Mysteries |
| Who wrote this in the century before Christ? Nothing is higher than these mysteries. They have sweetened our characters and softened our customs; they have made us pass from the condition of savages to true humanity. They have not only shown us the way to live joyfully, but they have taught us how to die with a better hope | Cicero |
| Who was Demeter's daughter, what was her Latin name, and what was she the maiden of? | Peresphone, Proserpine, Spring |
| What was the flower that enchanted Persephone? | Narcissus |
| What did Hades rise up out of, and where did he grab Persephone? | A chasm in the earth, by her wrist |
| How long did Demeter wander? | Nine days |
| Who told Demeter the truth? | Helios/ the Sun/ Apollo |
| Where was Demeter found by the young maidens? | A well in Eleusis |
| How many maidens greeted Demeter and what were their relations with each other? | Four. Sisters |
| Who did Demeter say she escaped from? | Pirates |
| Who was the mother of the young maidens that helped Demeter? | Metaneira |
| What did Metaneira originally offer Demeter? | honey sweet wine |
| What did Demeter request to drink at Metaneira's house and what was its signifagance? | Barley water flavored with mint. the cooling draught of the reaper at harvest time, the sacred cup given the worshipers at Eleusis |
| What was the name of Metaneira's son and who was his father? | Demphoon, Celeus |
| What was Demeter's ritual with Demphoon? | To nurse him with ambrosia and place him in the red heart of the fire. |
| What was Demeter's purpose of her ritual with Demphoon? | To make him immortal |
| What did Demeter request of Metaneira since she caught Demeter's ritual? | For them to build a temple in Eleusis for Demeter |
| Who did Zeus send to the underworld? | Hermes |
| What did Persephone eat in the underworld, and what is it signifance? | A pomegrante seed, she must stay in the underworld |
| Who was compared to Demeter when she ran to meet her daughter? | Maenad |
| Which god consulted Demeter? | Rhea |
| Who was Demeter's ambassdor to men? | Triptolemus |
| What was Dionysus's city? | Thebes |
| Who was Dionysus's mother? | Semele |
| What did Zeus swear to for Semele? | the Styx River |
| What were the two names of the nymphs who took care of Dionysus? | Nysa or Hyades |
| What was Dionysus born of and nursed of? | Fire, rain |
| Where did Dionysus travel to? | Lydia, Phrygia, Persia, Bactria, Medes, Araby |
| Who understood Dionysus was a god? | The helmsman |
| What did Dionysus stream down the deck of the pirate ship? | Wine |
| What overtook Dionysus's pirate ship? | Vines |
| What did Dionysus change into on the pirate ship? | a lion |
| What did the pirates on Dionysus's ship change into? | Dolpins |
| Who was not changed into a dolpin? | Helmsman |
| Where did Dionysus pass on his way to Greece? | Thrace |
| Who insulted the gods that Dionysus punished? | Lycurgus |
| Who was the princess of Crete, what island had she been abandoned on, and which Athenian prince was she abandoned by? | Ariadne, Naxos, Theseus |
| What were the two names of the women frenzied with wine? | Maenads and Bacchantes |
| Who was the King of Thebes and what was his relation to Dionysus? | Pentheus, Cousin |
| Who was the old, blind prophet who tried to warn Pentheus? | Teiresias |
| Who went with Dionysus that was related to Pentheus? | His mother and sisters |
| What did Pentheus's mother and sisters think Pentheus was when frenzied with wine? | A wild beast, mountain lion |
| Who was the first to attack Pentheus? | His mother |
| When did Dionysus's festival happen? | Spring, for five days |
| What greek writer said something about Dionysus? | Plutarch |
| What is the Roman name of Eros? | Cupid |
| Does Psyche have any siblings? | 2 older sisters |
| Who did people Psyche was more beautiful than? | Venus |
| Who did Psyche's parents go to? | Apollo's oracle |
| Who did Apollo say would come for Psyche? | A winged serpant |
| Who was the wind goddess? | Zephyr |
| Who brought Psyche's sisters to visit her? | Zephyr |
| What did Psyche's sisters think Cupid was? | A fearful serpent |
| What did Psyche keep near her bed when she wanted to discover Cupid? | A knife and lamp |
| What dripped on Cupid? | Oil |
| What did Cupid say love could not live without? | Trust |
| What did Psyche offer to be for Venus? | Her servant |
| What did Venus tell Psyche to sort? | Seeds |
| Who helped Psyche with the seeds? | Ants |
| Who helped Psyche with the fleece? | A reed |
| Who helped Psyche with getting the water from the Styx river? | An eagle |
| Who's beauty did Venus ask Psyche to retrieve? | Prosperine |
| Who did Psyche give a penny to? | Charon |
| What did Psyche give Cerberus? | A cake |
| What did Jupiter give Psyche? | Immortality |
| What does Psyche's name mean? | Soul |
| Who was the first great hero of Greece? | Jason |
| Who was the Greek king that got tired of his wife? | Athamas |
| Who was Athamas's first wife? | Nephele |
| Who was Athamas's secound wife? | Princess Ino |
| Who was Nephele's son? | Phrixus |
| Who was the father of Princess Ino? | Cadmus |
| What saved Nephele's son? | A ram |
| Who sent the ram? | Hermes |
| Who was the hellespont named after? | Helle |
| Who was Nephele's son? | Phrixus |
| Who was the king of Colchis? | King Aeetes |
| Which god did Phrixus sacrifice his ram to? | Zeus |
| Who took away Phrixus's uncle kingdom? | Pelias |
| What was unique about Jason? | He only had one shoe |
| Who came on Argo? | Orpheus, Castor, Pollux, Peleus |
| Which god helped Jason on his quest? | Hera |
| What did Jason offer to Zeus? | Wine |
| What was the strange island where only women lived? | Lemnos |
| Who had spared her own father? | Hypsipyle |
| Who was Hercules's armbearer? | Hylas |
| Who got Hylas lost? | A sea nymph |
| What are the harpies? | frightful, winged creatures |
| Who was on the island with the harpies? | Phineus |
| Who is the north wind? | Boreas |
| Who is the rainbow messenger of the gods? | Iris |
| What did Phineus give the Argonauts? | Wise advice |
| What did the Argonauts test the rock with? | A dove |
| Who were the daughters of Harmony and Ares? | The Amazon women |
| Who was King Aeete's daughter? | Medea |
| What did Medea almost do? | Commit suicide |
| What did Medea give Jason? | A magic ointment |
| What did Medea say Jason should throw in the crowd of teeth warriors? | A stone |
| Who was Medea's brother? | Apsyrtus |
| Who was the sheer rock? | Scylla |
| Who was the whirlpool? | Charybdis |
| Who is the last bronze man? | Talus |
| Who did Jason marry? | Princess of Corinth |
