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27 Cards in this Set
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Who are the parents of Demeter? |
Rheia and Kronos |
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What is Demeter the godess of? |
Grain and Harvest |
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What is Katabisis |
When one descends into the underworld and comes back |
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What is the first stage of Marriage? |
Eggue - The arrangement of the houses to marry the houses |
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What is a Parthenos |
Maiden, Virgin, Unmarried girl |
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What is the second stage of marriage? |
Ekdosis - The giving away of the bride by her husband |
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What is the third stage of marriage? |
Gamos - the consumation of the wedding by sex |
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Who wrote the homeric hymn to Demeter? |
We don't know |
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What is a Atiology? |
A story that explains the reason for something |
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How does Persephone get tricked by Hades? |
He tricks her using a flower, which she picks |
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Who tells Demeter of her daughters fate? |
Helios |
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What does Demeter have in common with a Mortal? |
she experiances the death of a loved one |
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What does Iambi do to cheer up Demeter? |
Tells her jokes |
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Who is the mother of Demophoon |
Metaneira |
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What does Demeter try to do to Demephoon? |
Make him immortal |
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In her sadness, what does Demeter do? |
She turns off all agricultural production |
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What does Persephone do to force her to stay in Hades? |
She eats a Pomegranate Seed |
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What does the story of Demeter and Persephone explain? |
Seasons Winter |
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Who is the attendant of Persephone? |
Hecate |
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The Eulisian mysteries are created by who? |
Demeter |
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What are the similarities between Io and Persephone? |
Both are virgin girls just at the age to marry Both are in a non-domestic liminal space (meadow)
Both undergo a radical transformation Both are unwilling and unknowing Both suffer greatly |
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What are the two stages of Marriage? |
Exogamus, take the girl away from her home Virilocal, and she lives with groom's household. |
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Demeters Roman name? |
Ceres |
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Persephones roman name? |
Prosperina |
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What does Kore mean? |
Daughter/Young girl |
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Who is Aidoneus? |
Hades |
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Commanalities between funerals and Marriage? |
Both are community events . Females prepare bride and corpse. Happens with horses and torches. Lots of rituals because people are nervous. Major change in life status. |
