Demeter
• Do you agree with Hamilton’s condemnation
of the Greek Pantheon as mostly “harmful”
and “capricious” in the first paragraph of the
chapter?
• Of what is Demeter goddess?
• Why does Hamilton argue she should be
older?
• Why does Hamilton argue she should be a
woman?
• Who is Persephone? Where does she go?
• How does Demeter react to Persephone’s
disappearance?
• Why does Demeter disguise herself? Where
on earth does she end up?
• How does Demeter try to give Demophoon
immortal youth? What is the outcome of this
plan?
• Who is Celeus? How does Demeter suggest
he can win back her good graces?
• What effect does Demeter’s grief have on the
earth?
• What action does Zeus take?
• What does Zeus tell Hades to do?
• How does Hades thwart this plan?
• What sad message does Rhea bring to
Demeter?
• While the Olympians were “the happy gods,”
what emotions are present in the stories of
Demeter and Persephone?
Dionysus
• Of what is Dionysus god? What other name is
he called?
• Who are Dionysus’ parents? What is unique
about this?
• What awful fate befalls his mother? Why does
Zeus have to uphold his promise to her?
• Why is Dionysus’ birth of fire and childhood of
rain appropriate for his function as god of the
vine?
• Why do the pirates kidnap Dionysus?
• How does Dionysus show his divinity to the
pirates?
• What fate do they suffer?
• Who are the Maenads or Bacchantes? What
do they look like?
• How do the follwers of Dionysus differ in their
worship from the attendees of the other
gods?
• What are the two ideas present in the worship
of Dionysus?
• Why does Dionysus return to Thebes?
• Who is Pentheus?
• Why does he ignore the advice of Teirsias and
the band of soldiers?
• What awful fate does Pantheus experience?
• Why do you think Dionysus encouraged his
demise?
• Besides knowledge of winemaking
(viticulture), what is Dionysus’ greatest gift to
the word?
• Where is his festival celebrated?
• Why and how does Dionysus die every year?
• What is more hopeful about Dionysus’ death
than Persephone’s?
Biopoem
12 line poem &
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Line 1. Name:
Line 2. God/Goddess of:
Line 3. Relative (“brother,” “sister,” “daughter,” etc.) of:
Line 4. Four traits that describe character:
Line 5. Who loves (list three things or people):
Line 6. Who hates (list three things or people):
Line 7. Who feels (three things):
Line 8. Who fears (three things):
Line 9. Who gives (three things):
Line 10. Who would like to see (three things):
Line 11. Resides in:
(Line 12. One more line somewhere in poem)