Chapter
2
- Who was the mother of
Persephone?
Demeter
- Who kidnapped Persepho=
ne
to make her his wife?
Hades
- What young child did
Demeter attempt to make immortal by anointing him with ambrosia and
placing him in a hot fire?
Demophon
- Who was Demophon’s m=
other
who snatched him from the flames?
Metaneira
- Who was the husband of
Metaneira and the father of Demophon?
Celeus
- For how many months do=
es
Persephone remain in the Underworld?
4
months
- Who were the parents of
Dionysus?
Zeus
and Semele
- When offered any gift =
she
named, what did Semele ask of Zeus?
To
see him as lord of the sky
- How was Dionysus saved
from his burning mother?
Zeus
sewed him up in his thigh
- What nymphs cared for =
the
infant Dionysus?
the
Hyades or the nymphs of Nysa
- Into what did Dionysus
change the pirates who tried to capture him?
Dolphins
- What were the follower=
s of
Bacchus called?
Maenads
or Bacchantes
- What king of Thebes was
torn apart by his own mother when she was infected with the madness of
Dionysus?
Pentheus
- What Theban princess
killed her son under the influence of Dionysus?
Agave
- What three deities were
worshipped at Eleusis?
Demeter,
Persephone, and Dionysus
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