Chapter 11: Dionysus Flashcards
Wha other name is Dionysus also known as?
Bacchus
Who are Dionysus’ parents
Semele (a mortal woman) and Zeus
After Dionysus was born where did Hermes take him?
Hermes took Dionysus to Semele’s sister Ino and her husband King Athamas. They dressed him in girls clothes to hide him from Hera
What was Ino’s name changed to after she was transformed into a sea-deity
Leucothea which means “white goddess”
Where did Dionysus discover the vine and the art of making wine?
Nysa
Who saved Dionysus from his madness
Cybele, through the music of the tambourines
What was the staff that the Bacchae carried?
The thyrsus, usually crowned with a pine cone or a bunch of ivy leaves
Who was a well known satyr?
Silenus
Who did Dionysus marry?
Ariadne, a daughter of King Minos
When Dionysus travelled to Thrace, who resisted his religion and what happened to him because of this?
Lycurgus, he was struck blind by Zeus
Who were the Minyads and what happened to them?
The Minyads were daughters of King Minyas who refused to join Dionysus’ religion. He sent them mad and they killed their children. They were later turned into bats
Who were Semele’s sisters and what did Dionysus do to them?
Agave, Autonoe and Ino. Dionysus made them go mad and they dismembers King Pentheus
Who was King Pentheus?
He opposed Dionysus; cutting off his hair and taking his thyrsus. He was then dismembered by Ino, Agave and Autonoe
Who showed Dionysus the way to the Underworld and what did he do as thanks?
A shepherd in Argos showed him the way. When he returned to earth the shepherd had died so out of a fig tree he carved a phallus and fixed it to the man’s grave
What was Semele’s name changed to when she came to Olympus?
Thyone which means “she who receives sacrifice”
