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

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

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

The Parthenon was built in honor of which goddess?

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

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

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

Which of the following are true of Hestia?

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

Hestia is the Roman goddess _______.

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This vase depicts Artemis and Apollo slaughtering _______.

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

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