Exam 29: Greece: Demeter and Persephone

________________, the messenger god, goes down to the underworld to reason with Aidoneus about Persephone's situation.

In the Hymn to Demeter, Hekate is described as "carrying a light" because she is the goddess of ______________.

A ______________________ insight of the myth of Demeter is that it explains the origin of the significance of the seasons.

Demeter secretly put Demophöon into the fire in order to ________________.

_____________ is Demeter's mother.

The Hymn to Demeter was a ______________ version of the myth because of its assumed use at ceremonies in her honor.

____________, the mother of Demophöon, recognizes that Demeter is a noble woman.

__________________ is Demeter's daughter.

The Hymn to Demeter represents a change in Greek thought to a kind of _____________, in which the soul is saved through the knowledge obtained through the experience of the mysteries.

In the Hymn to Demeter, Persephone is betrothed to Aidoneus by her father, _______________.

The cult of Demeter grew to be respected by all Greeks after sacrificial offerings to her ____________________.

Rhea tells Demeter she must ______________ as part of the bargain to release Persephone for 2/3 of the year.

Docetism is a form of _______________, in which the only reality is divine and the world only seems real.

Demeter is asked to become the nursemaid for _______________.

In a mystery religion, such as the cult of Demeter, __________________________________.

Demeter is the Greek goddess of ____________________.

At the time of Homer, Greeks tended to be ______________, who believed that when the body dies, the soul is also destroyed and recycled.

Demeter's major shrine was at ______________, near Athens.

Aidoneus is the son of _____________.

Persephone must remain with Aidoneus in the underworld for 1/3 of the year because _____________________.