Greek Mythology Midterm 1 Question And Answers 100% Correct 2023

Hymn to Aphrodite {Ans: : -Zeus: Aphrodite responsible for Zeus' adventures, but male audience -> Zeus needs to get back at her; puts desire into Aphrodite's heart so she'll be joined with mortal men -Why? Aphrodite boasting that she could make gods fall in love -> best way to stop this is by having Aphrodite feel the same as the gods she has paired with mortals}Pandora {Ans: -First human woman; before this, only men, who ate with gods -Affliction to mankind given by Zeus to punish Prometheus for stealing the fire and returning it to men (woman is a punishment) -Hephaestus makes body, Athena cleverness -In other versions, Pandora is offered to Epimetheus (Prometheus tells him not to, but he accepts) -Negative view of women: eat your food, but you can't live without them}Demeter {Ans: ) Daughter of Cronus and Rhea -Sister of Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Hestia, and Hades -Mother of Persephone (Kore)(father: Zeus) -Goddess of harvest (fertile earth) 2) -Wheat stalk (important harvest in Greece) -Cornucopia (horn of plenty) -Triptolemus: local variant of myth (little boy; people in some versions of myth don't have agriculture until Demeter teachers little boy; in other versions, people already have