CLCV 205 - Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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Who rules the Underworld?
Hades and Persephone
How was the Greek Underworld generally imagined?
Shadowy realm
What could souls lose after death?
Memory and identity
Name an Underworld river associated with forgetting.
Lethe
Name an Underworld river associated with oaths.
Styx
Name another Underworld river.
Cocytus
Which other river belongs to the Underworld?
Acheron
What is katabasis?
Descent into Underworld
What is anodos?
Ascent
Who abducted Persephone?
Hades
Who planned Persephone’s abduction?
Zeus
What flower lured Persephone?
Narcissus
Who grew the deceptive flower?
Earth
Who heard Persephone’s cries?
Hekate
Who revealed the abductor?
Helios
Who defended Persephone’s marriage?
Helios
Where did Demeter seek refuge?
Eleusis
What disguise did Demeter adopt?
Older mortal woman
What name did Demeter use?
Doso
Who employed Demeter as a nurse?
Metaneira
Whom did Demeter nurse?
Demophoön
Who made Demeter laugh?
Iambe
What did Iambe use to cheer Demeter?
Jokes
What poetry is associated with Iambe?
Iambic poetry
What does aischrologia refer to?
Ritual obscenity
What did Demeter attempt for Demophoön?
Make him immortal
What interrupted Demeter’s attempt?
His mother
What honor did Demeter promise Demophoön?
Lasting honor
How did Demeter pressure Zeus?
Caused a famine
What did Demeter prevent from growing?
Seeds
What divine practice did famine threaten?
Sacrificial honors
What food bound Persephone to Hades?
Pomegranate seed
What fraction of the year was Persephone below?
One-third
What fraction was Persephone above?
Two-thirds
What cult did Demeter establish?
Eleusinian Mysteries
Where were the Mysteries celebrated?
Eleusis
Which goddesses received Mystery worship?
Demeter and Persephone
What did the Mysteries promise?
Better afterlife
Who could join the Mysteries?
Greek-speaking initiates
Which offenders were excluded?
Murderers
Could enslaved people be initiated?
Yes
What is an aetiology?
Explanation of origins
What were the Mysteries’ ritual phases?
Descent, search, ascent
Which Mesopotamian goddess descended below?
Ishtar
Which myth parallels Underworld food obligations?
Nergal and Ereshkigal
Who was the legendary Underworld singer?
Orpheus
Where was Orpheus associated with?
Thrace
Whom did Orpheus seek to retrieve?
Eurydice
What condition was imposed on Orpheus?
Do not look back
Why did Orpheus lose Eurydice?
He looked back
What did Orphic songs promise?
Better afterlife
What concerned Orphic traditions?
Soul and afterlife
Was Orphism a unified doctrine?
No