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| T/F. The Gods, in general, were known as very useful and of big use to man. |
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| False, they were the exact opposite. |
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| Who were the 2 great God's of Earth? |
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| What was Demeter? The goddess of... |
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| Dionysus was the god of..... |
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| Demeter's festival came every _ years and lasted for _ days. |
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| Where was Demter's great temple at?(A city) |
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| Which two gods were worshiped at Eleusis? |
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| T/F Dionysus and Demeter were happy during the four seasons of the year. |
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| False, they were unusually unhappy in the winter time. |
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| Who was Demeter's daughter? |
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| Why did Demeter stop growing corn and fruits? |
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| Because her daughter was missing since Hades captured her and put her in the underworld as his wife. |
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| The mother of 4 daughters and a son named Demophoon. |
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| Why was Demeter nurturing Demophoon? |
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| To give him immortal youth. |
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| What did Demophoon do that displeased Demeter? |
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| What did Demeter tell Celeus(Mataneira's husband) to build? |
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| A temple where she can sit and wait for Persephone to show up. |
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| What did Zeus do to get Demeter to spring flowers and corn again? What did he do at first? |
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He got Hermes to tell Hades to give up Persephone. At first, he tried to get all the Gods to persuade her, but it failed. |
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| What did Hades make Persephone eat before she left with Hermes? |
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| He made her eat a pomegranete seed. |
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| After hearing that Persephone ate a pomegranete seed, who did Zeus send to Demeter to cheer her up? |
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| Since Persephone ate a pomegranete seed, what happenes because of that? |
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| In the winter, for 4 months, she is forced in the underworld with Hades. |
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| Once Demeter was happy, what did she do? |
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| She started growing corn and fruits for man again. |
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| To conclude, why is Demeter sad every winter? Why is she happy every spring? |
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Sad because Persephone is away from her with Hades. Happy because Persephone rises from the dead. |
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| What city was Dionysus born in? |
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| Who were Dionysus's parents? Were they both Gods? |
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| They were Zeus and Semele. Semele was not a God. Dionysus is the only God with parents not both divine. |
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| Because Hera made her say to see Zeus's true divine form. If mortals see a God's true form, they basically disentagrate. |
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| When Dionysus was captured by pirates, why did he save one of them and transform the rest into animals? |
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| Because that person knew Dionysus was a God, and he spared his life and made him a proud follower. |
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| What did Dionysus do to the king Lycyrgus? What happened to Lycyrgus after that? |
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Dionysus trapped him in a cave until Lycyrgus realized who he was messing with. After, Zeus blinded Lycygrus who shortly died after that. |
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| Who did Dionysus end up loving and putting her crown up in the stars? |
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| Princess Ariadne... She is the princess of Crete. |
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| What did Dionysus do for his mother Semele? |
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| Dionysus took her from the underworld and let her live on Olympus since she was a mother of a God. |
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| What were the drunken and crazy girls that would eat flesh called? |
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| The God of Wine could give either _______ to his worshipers, or ________ to his worshipers(any order) |
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| Son of Semele's sister. Semele's nephew. |
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| How did Dionysus greet Pantheus? |
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| By bringing in a whole bunch of drunken dancers. |
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| What did Pantheus try to do to Dionysus? |
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| He tried to lock him up in a prison, take him prisoner. |
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| In the end, what did Dionysus do to Pantheus? |
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| He tricked the Maenads to believe that Pantheus was a lion, and they basically... tore him to shreds. |
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| T/F. You have to drink wine in order to be a follower of Dionysus. |
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| False, many of Dionysus worshipers did not even drink wine. They worshiped him because he made humans believe they had more divinity within themselves. |
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| Who showed up at the Eleusinian Mysteries to impress Dionysus? |
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| A number of actors and poets. |
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| Why was Dionysus sad in the winter? |
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| He was sad because nothing grew and had no life. |
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| T/F Persephone was the center of belief for immortality. |
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