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Demeter AphroditeArtemisAthena

Row 1, Col 1 What does Demeter’s name mean? mother

1,2 Who is Aphrodite’s constant companion? Cupid

1,3 If a woman died suddenly, what was the explanation? She was struck by Artemis’ arrows.

1,4 How does Athena participate in the Iliad? encouraged Greeks to glorious deeds, helps come up with Trojan horse

2,1 Who promised Persephone to Hades? Zeus

2,2 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

2,3 What happened to Niobe? 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

2,4 Who did she watch over? Jason, Heracles, Perseus, Odysseus

3,1 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

3,2 What did Pygmalion create and what happened when he prayed to Aphrodite? 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

3,3 What was Orion’s crime and how was he punished? tried to rape Artemis, affair with Eos; scorpion on head and killed him; constellations

3,4 What does Athena represent? reasons control over elemental forces

4,1 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

4,2 Who was Myrrha and how was she punished? 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.

4,3 What was Actaeon’s crime and how was he punished? He saw Artemis bathing so was turned into a stag and his own dogs devoured him

4,4 What was Arachne’s crime and punishment? boasted she was a better weaver, weaved the gods indiscretions, turned into a spider hence the word arachnid

5,1 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

5,2 What were Anchises instructions and why did Zeus make Aphrodite fall for a mortal? 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.

5,3 What do the Artemis myths reflect? primitive human sacrifice to ensure the hunt

5,4 How are Athena and Prometheus similar? both help humans to control their environment; fire-spin wool