My Terrific Padlet by Kari Borgman

Read and answer questions for Demeter and answer questions 5-10 in complete sentences. Your assignments: H, S, I - Q 5: B, P, K - Q6; L, N, K - Q7; C, L - Q8; Q 9 and 10 - Up for Grabs.

kborgman1 — 2024-11-08 16:21:36 UTC

6: Detail how Demeter responded to the kidnapping of her daughter.

2024-11-08 16:32:38 UTC

Demeter withheld her gifts from the earth, as a response to the loss of her daughter. The earth eventually turned into a frozen desert.

5 Describe the kidnapping of Persephone

2024-11-08 16:37:01 UTC

Persephone was abducted by Hades, who grabbed her by the wrists while she was picking flowers, and taken to the underworld where she was tricked into eating pomegranate seeds, not knowing that anyone who eats food in the underworld would not be allowed to leave.

9. How does Hades trick Persephone?

kborgman1 — 2024-11-08 16:46:34 UTC

Hades makes her eat a pomegranate seed which means she "dies" and goes back to Hades every year.

7.) Explain what happened at Eleusis with Demeter (include names of people she encountered)

2024-11-08 16:47:22 UTC

At Eleusis, Demeter was approached by four sisters, she told them that she fled pirates that wanted to sell her as a slave and that doesn’t know anybody in this strange land to ask for help. The sisters told her that any house would welcome her but the four sisters would like it better if she came with them to their house. Here Demeter attempted to give eternal life to the baby, Demophoon, by annointing him and placing him in fire. The baby's mother saw this and was horrified, stopping Demeter's plans for him. Demeter said they had to build her a temple there (in Eleusis) to make up for this action.

10. How is the idea of sorrow foremost with Demeter?

kborgman1 — 2024-11-08 16:48:15 UTC

Demeter is associated with sorrow because she is continually separated from her daughter - through marriage and also death.

How did Zeus intervene in ending the drought.

2024-11-08 16:58:52 UTC

Zeus sent Hermes to the underworld to tell Hades to let Persephone go.

Your Assignments

2024-11-11 16:35:14 UTC

Israel, Scarlett, Hannah
1. Brooklynn\
  1. Natalee and Kai
    1. Caiden and Logan

Question 14

2024-11-11 16:44:43 UTC

The love of Dionysus’s life was Ariadnê. He met her on an island of Naxos, where she had been left by Theseus.

12- Retell the story of the pirates being turned into dolphins

2024-11-11 16:51:43 UTC

The pirates saw this young youthful man and were drawn to him so they went up on shore and seized him. The pirates tried to capture him but the ropes became untied every time they touched this youthful man. One of the helmsman understood this and told his fellow that they should stop otherwise no good would ever come to them but the captain did not do so he mocks him for being a fool and bade the crew to hoist the sail. Not much longer after their captive turned into a lion and all the helmsman jumped overboard and turned into dolphins.

15.) what did Dionysus do for his mother?

2024-11-11 16:54:48 UTC

Dionysus went to the lower world to seek his mother. He defied the power of death to keep her from him, death yielded. He brought her away up to Olympus.

13. How was Lycurgus punished and what lesson could be learned from such punishment?

2024-11-11 16:58:10 UTC

Lycurgus was punished mildly from Dionysus by imprisoning him in a cave until his first fierce maddening rage passed slowly and he learned to know the the god that he mocked but Zeus didn’t punish him mildly he struck Lycurgus blind and he died. The lesson that could be learned is to not mock people or gods and worry about yourself.