Book 4 Flashcards
(45 cards)
Which women in Thebes did not worship Bacchus after the death of Pentheus?
The daughters of Minyas were worshipers of Minerva: Alcithoe, Leuconoe, Arsippe
Who were Bacchus’ parents?
Semele and Jupiter
Who is Liber?
Another name for Bacchus
What tale did Alcithoe tell?
The tale of Pyramus and Thisbe
How did the forbidden lovers Pyramus and Thisbe communicate?
Through a crack in their neighboring wall.
Why did Pyramus kill himself?
Because he thought Thisbe had been eaten by a lion.
What was transformed by the blood of Pyramus?
The fruit of the mulberry tree changed from white to dark red, to mourn the death of Pyramus and Thisbe.
What tale did Leuconoe tell?
Loves of the Sun God
What did Vulcan do when Apollo told him about his wife Venus having an affair with Mars?
Vulcan built a trap that exposed them during lovemaking.
What is the tone of Leuconoes tale?
Comical
How did Venus take revenge on the Sun for informing?
He caused him to fall madly in love with Leucathoe?
How did the Sun trick Leucothoe to rape her?
He pretended to be her mother Eurynome.
What did Leucothoe’s father do when he was informed by jealous Clytie that she was raped?
He buried her alive
What did the Sun do when Leucothoe was buried?
He tried to save her and when he couldn’t he turned her into a frankincense shrub so her fragrance would last forever
What happened to the Sun’s jealous lover Clytie?
She died refusing nourishment and became a heliotrope flower whose face always follows the sun
What is special about the fountain of Salmacis?
It affects the masculinity of men who bathe in it
Who are the parents of the boy Hermaphroditus?
Venus and Mercury
What did the nymph Salmacis do to Hermaphroditus?
She tried to rape him in her pool
What did Salmacis do when Hermaphroditus resisted him?
She asked the gods to keep them together as one, and they were fused together as both male and female.
What did Hermaphroditus ask Venus and Mercury to do after he and Salmacis were transformed to one in her pool?
Enchant the pool to neuter men that enter it
How did Bacchus respond to being scorned by the daughters of Minyas?
He transformed them into bats
How was Ino connected to Bacchus?
She was his aunt and foster mother.
Who is King of Hades (the Underworld)?
Pluto, aka Dis: brother to Jupiter and Neptune, son of Saturn
Who did Ino marry?
Athamas, king of Orcomeneus
