homeric hymn to demeter - myth and religion

what is a homeric hymn

group of texts that give us information about roman/greek gods that were written in the same time of epic poet homer

who was described as the ‘delicate-ankled daughter’ of demeter in paragraph 1

persephone

how was persephone described

bloom-like girl

what happens in paragraph 1

sets the scene, hades and zeus have set a flower trap for persephone so hades can abduct her

who are the two deities mentioned in paragraph 2

hecate and helios

who witnessed the abduction of persephone (2)

hecate and helios

who is described when a ‘sharp pain seized her heart’ and why

demeter when she heard persephone’s immortal voice rang against the mountains and the sea and finding out she was gone

what happens when demeter finds out her daughter is missing (3)

goes to search for her and hecate comes to her with information

who is the ‘daughter of beautiful-haired rhea’

demeter

what does hecate say when demeter asks what has happened (4)

hecate claims to know nothing so her and demeter go to helios for information

what does helios tell demeter and hecate (5)

helios explains what happened and encourages demeter to make peace with the situation and persephone’s fate

who is the ‘son of cronos of the dark clouds’

zeus

what is Eleusis

greek city near athens

what does demeter do through her grief (6)

abandons her duty as goddess and retreats among mortals

what happens because demeter neglects her duties (7)

famine spreads across the world

who begged demeter to come back to the gods

iris, another immortal

how does zeus try to persuade demeter to resume her duties (8)

by sending deities to speak to her, but she still refuses

who is Argus

an 100-eyed monster whom hermes killed

who was hades’ wife

persephone

what does zeus to finally decide to do (9)

try and negotiate with hades for persephone’s release

what was Erebus

name for the underworld

what does hermes tell hades (10)

to release persephone of zeus’ orders

what does hades appear to do (11)

send persephone back to her mother

what does hades give her (11)

a pomegranate seed

who is the ‘dark-clouded father’

zeus

what does demeter explain about the pomegranate seed (12)

a compromise must be made after persephone eating the pomegranate seed

who is described as the ‘mighty lord, host of many’

hades

what did persephone do in the meadow of flowers and nymphs (13)

describes her kidnap and her and demeter console each other

who does zeus send to demeter and persephone

goddess rhea

what does demeter do when rhea speaks to her (14)

accepts the compromise and ends the famine