Latin I: Hades & the Underworld (and General Overview of Mythology)

Which of the following is NOT a name that refers to the king of the Underworld

• Hades

• Dis

• Pluto

• Liber

Hades'/Pluto's wife, the queen of the Underworld, was named:

• Eurydice

• Persephone (Proserpina)

• Hera (Juno)

• Minerva (Athena)

Which of the following is NOT an identifying attribute/possession of the god of the Underworld

• a three-pronged spear/trident

• helmet of invisibility

• Cerberus

• his wife, Persephone

When Persephone was in the Underworld with her husband, what did the upper world and upper land look like?

• cold and barren

• warm and fertile

• only water

Which of the following is NOT a level in the Underworld?

• Tartarus

• Fields of Asphodel

• Elysium/the Elysian Fields

• The Isles of the Miserable

The boatman of the Underworld, named ____, was usually given a payment to allow souls to cross the Rivers Styx and Acheron.

• Charon

• Chiron

• Cerberus

• Tityus

The city of ________ in Greece housed a huge cult that allowed admission only to men of the middle or upper classes.

• Sparta

• Athens

• Eleusis

• Crete

Someone would become an initiate of the Cult at Eleusis in order to:

• then become a priest of Hades

• be guaranteed a pleasant afterlife

• become a god

• be guaranteed a pleasant life on earth

The oldest generation of gods, called the _______, included monsters like the Cyclops and the Hundred-Handed.

• Olympians

• Titans

• Vanir

• Aesir

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman gods

• they were immortal

• they ate and drank ambrosia and nectar

• they were imperfect (i.e. had flaws, like humans do)

• they were perfect (i.e. had no flaws, unlike humans)