Question 1

The two main characters in the ritual of the Anthesteria in Athens represented Dionysus and Ariadne in a sacred marriage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Who is Dionysus Zagreus?

Accepted Answer

A)  another name for Orpheus 
B)  a name for the Orphic variation of the Dionysus myth 
C)  a name for the Apollonian aspect of Dionysus 
D)  a Slavic version of the Dionysus myth, first encountered in the region of Zagreb 
A)  another name for Orpheus 
B)  a name for the Orphic variation of the Dionysus myth 
C)  a name for the Apollonian aspect of Dionysus 
D)  a Slavic version of the Dionysus myth, first encountered in the region of Zagreb

Question 3

What happens when pirates attempt to kidnap Dionysus?

Accepted Answer

A)  He changes them into dolphins. 
B)  He becomes a dolphin and escapes them. 
C)  He attacks the ship with the help of dolphins. 
D)  Trick question: Dolphins try to kidnap him and are, as punishment, changed into pirates. 
A)  He changes them into dolphins. 
B)  He becomes a dolphin and escapes them. 
C)  He attacks the ship with the help of dolphins. 
D)  Trick question: Dolphins try to kidnap him and are, as punishment, changed into pirates.

Question 4

Bread and wine, as emblems of divine care for human beings, played important roles in some Greco-Roman mystery religions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The Dionysian Mysteries were very popular in Greece and Italy and persisted well into the Christian era.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Icarius is murdered while wearing the skin of a goat.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What causes the death of Semele?

Accepted Answer

A)  She is persuaded by Hera that her unseen lover is really Zeus, so she demands to know the truth. When she learns that Hera was right, she dies of shock. 
B)  Hera convinces Semele that her lover who visits her in the dark is an ogre. Semele persuades her lover to show himself as he really is, and when Zeus appears in a blaze of light, she is incinerated. 
C)  She has spurned the advances of Zeus and is struck down with his thunderbolt. 
D)  Being a mortal woman, she grows old and dies, and nothing her lover Zeus can do will make her young again. 
A)  She is persuaded by Hera that her unseen lover is really Zeus, so she demands to know the truth. When she learns that Hera was right, she dies of shock. 
B)  Hera convinces Semele that her lover who visits her in the dark is an ogre. Semele persuades her lover to show himself as he really is, and when Zeus appears in a blaze of light, she is incinerated. 
C)  She has spurned the advances of Zeus and is struck down with his thunderbolt. 
D)  Being a mortal woman, she grows old and dies, and nothing her lover Zeus can do will make her young again.

Question 8

Orphism created a balance between Dionysian excess and Apollonian moderation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What trait does Orpheus not share with Dionysus?

Accepted Answer

A)  bisexuality 
B)  a descent into Hades 
C)  a violent death 
D)  being the son of Zeus 
A)  bisexuality 
B)  a descent into Hades 
C)  a violent death 
D)  being the son of Zeus

Question 10

There is a theory that Apollo and Dionysus are actually two aspects of the same divinity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

The two main characters in the ritual of the Anthesteria in Athens represented Dionysus and Ariadne in a sacred marriage.

Who is Dionysus Zagreus?

What happens when pirates attempt to kidnap Dionysus?

Bread and wine, as emblems of divine care for human beings, played important roles in some Greco-Roman mystery religions.

The Dionysian Mysteries were very popular in Greece and Italy and persisted well into the Christian era.

Icarius is murdered while wearing the skin of a goat.

What causes the death of Semele?

Orphism created a balance between Dionysian excess and Apollonian moderation.

What trait does Orpheus not share with Dionysus?

There is a theory that Apollo and Dionysus are actually two aspects of the same divinity.

Introduction to Greek Myth

Ways of Interpreting Myth Part Two Epic Myths

In the Beginning: Hesiods Creation Story

Alienation of the Human and Divine: Prometheus, Fire, and Pandora

The Divine Woman in Greek Mythology

The Olympian Family of Zeus: Sharing Rule of the Universe

In Touch With the Gods: Apollos Oracle at Delphi

Land of No Return: The Gloomy Kingdom of Hades

Heroes of Myth: Man Divided Against Himself

Heroines of Myth: Women in Many Roles

Heroes at War: The Troy Saga

A Different Kind of Hero: The Odysseus

Myth and the Tragic Vision in the Theater of Dionysus: Euripides Bacchae

The House of Atreus: Aeschyluss Oresteia

The Tragic House of Laius: Sophocles Oedipus Cycle

A Different Perspective on Tragedy: Euripides Medea Part Four the World of Roman Myth

The Roman Vision: Greek Myths and Roman Realities

Virgils Roman Epic: The Aeneid

The Persistence of Mythglossary Selected Bibliography Credits Index

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Exam 8: Dionysus: Rooted in Earth and Ecstasy

The two main characters in the ritual of the Anthesteria in Athens represented Dionysus and Ariadne in a sacred marriage.

Who is Dionysus Zagreus?

What happens when pirates attempt to kidnap Dionysus?

Bread and wine, as emblems of divine care for human beings, played important roles in some Greco-Roman mystery religions.

The Dionysian Mysteries were very popular in Greece and Italy and persisted well into the Christian era.

Icarius is murdered while wearing the skin of a goat.

What causes the death of Semele?

Orphism created a balance between Dionysian excess and Apollonian moderation.

What trait does Orpheus not share with Dionysus?

There is a theory that Apollo and Dionysus are actually two aspects of the same divinity.

Introduction to Greek Myth

Ways of Interpreting Myth Part Two Epic Myths

In the Beginning: Hesiods Creation Story

Alienation of the Human and Divine: Prometheus, Fire, and Pandora

The Divine Woman in Greek Mythology

The Olympian Family of Zeus: Sharing Rule of the Universe

In Touch With the Gods: Apollos Oracle at Delphi

Land of No Return: The Gloomy Kingdom of Hades

Heroes of Myth: Man Divided Against Himself

Heroines of Myth: Women in Many Roles

Heroes at War: The Troy Saga

A Different Kind of Hero: The Odysseus

Myth and the Tragic Vision in the Theater of Dionysus: Euripides Bacchae

The House of Atreus: Aeschyluss Oresteia

The Tragic House of Laius: Sophocles Oedipus Cycle

A Different Perspective on Tragedy: Euripides Medea Part Four the World of Roman Myth

The Roman Vision: Greek Myths and Roman Realities

Virgils Roman Epic: The Aeneid

The Persistence of Mythglossary Selected Bibliography Credits Index

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