Deck 9: Myths of the Female Deities Aphrodite, Artemis, and Athena

Question 1

Demeter was a mother-goddess who oversaw the fruitfulness of _______.

A) animals
B) agriculture, especially wheat
C) women
D) grape vines

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Hestia is the Roman goddess _______.

A) Ceres
B) Diana
C) Vesta
D) Minerva

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following are true of Hestia?

A) She was frequently caught in the middle of arguments between Hera and Zeus
B) According to many accounts, Dionysus took her place on Olympus
C) She was always a virgin
D) She never left Olympus

Answer 3

B,C,D

Question 4

Aphrodite's companion _______, sometimes considered her child by Ares, is the Roman Cupid.

A) Paphos
B) Eros
C) Cypris
D) Philê

Question 5

Which of the following was a striking feature of the worship of Aphrodite at Corinth and Cythera and of the goddesses Inanna/Ishtar/Astartê?

A) Human sacrifice
B) The eating of raw animal flesh
C) Temple prostitution
D) The ritual drowning of swans and geese

Question 6

Our word lesbian comes from Lesbos, the home island of which ancient female poet?

A) Aspasia
B) Corinna
C) Sappho
D) Mimnerma

Question 7

Who fell hopelessly in love with Hermaphroditus, and clung to him so tightly that the two of them became one?

A) Scylla
B) Salmacis
C) Antimachia
D) Cytherea

Question 8

Except for the affair between Ares and Aphrodite, all important stores about Aphrodite are set where?

A) In Arcadia
B) On the island of Cythera
C) Outside Greece
D) In Corinth

Question 9

How did Aphrodite punish the arrogant boast of Cinyras' wife?

A) By making Cinyras impotent for the rest of his life
B) By killing their child Myrrha
C) By causing Myrrha to fall in love with Cinyras
D) By causing Cinyras' wife to become barren, and killing Cinyras himself

Question 10

The Eastern origin of the story of Adonis are evident in his name, which means "_______."

A) lord
B) rebirth
C) youth
D) lover

Question 11

The blood from Adonis' fatal wound gives rise to which flower?

A) The red hibiscus
B) The red anemone
C) The red rose
D) The red rose

Question 12

According to the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, who are the three goddesses whom Aphrodite can never trick or inveigle?

A) Artemis
B) Athena
C) Hera
D) Hestia

Question 13

In the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, Zeus inspires Aphrodite with love for _______, a prince related to the Trojan royal house.

A) Adonis
B) Paris
C) Aeneas
D) Anchises

Question 14

Which child of Aphrodite will grow up to be one of the few Trojan heroes to survive the destruction of the city?

A) Adonis
B) Paris
C) Anchises
D) Aeneas

Question 15

Homer calls Artemis Potnia Thêrôn, which means "_______."

A) "mother goddess"
B) "slayer from afar"
C) "supreme archer"
D) "mistress of the animals"

Question 16

From which important cult center of Artemis (home of her famous temple, a Wonder of the Ancient World) did St. Paul flee for his life after being shouted down?

A) Corinth
B) Miletus
C) Ephesus
D) Rome

Question 17

Who tells the exemplum of the fate of Niobê and her children in Homer's Iliad?

A) Achilles
B) Andromache
C) Odysseus
D) Helen

Question 18

The Theban _______ was killed by his own hunting dogs when he accidentally came upon Artemis bathing naked in a spring.

A) Arcas
B) Orion
C) Cadmus
D) Actaeon

Question 19

The Parthenon was built in honor of which goddess?

A) Hera
B) Artemis
C) Athena
D) Aphrodite

Question 20

The festival of the Panathenaic Games incorporated which of the following elements?

A) Gender role reversals
B) Music and poetry competitions
C) Athletic competitions
D) Religious ritual

Question 21

This vase depicts Artemis and Apollo slaughtering _______.

A) Actaeaon
B) Giants
C) the children of Niobê
D) both Greeks and Trojans during the fall of Troy