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Seminar Week 4 Worksheet: Homeric Hymn to Demeter
The goal of the seminar worksheets is to allow students to reflect and expand on concepts about Greco-Roman mythology, while practicing writing skills and the ability to analyze and think critically about a primary source. It is also an opportunity for students to demonstrate their engagement with the course materials and their understanding of the course content for that week. In crafting your responses, you should draw upon lecture materials, seminar material and the primary source readings for the week. You may also draw upon knowledge gained from other courses, your own personal experiences and your own knowledge. Please be sure to cite any direct quotations or paraphrased information from the primary sources, that you use in your responses. Information about citations can be found under the Assignments tab in Contents. During Week 4, we looked at Demeter and the Homeric Hymn to Demeter
.
Below are 2 questions
which deal with this topic. Please answer one (1)
of the two (2) questions. If you choose to answer both only the first one will be marked. _____________________________________________________________________________
1.
In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter,
we see a conflict between Zeus and Demeter. Why does this conflict occur and who ‘wins’?
The conflict between Zeus and Demeter occurred because Zeus gave Hade’s permission to take Demeter’s daughter Persephone as his wife. Zeus withheld information about Persephone whereabouts, when Hades kidnapped her, leading Demeter to leave the Olympic Mountain, return to the mortal realm, and use her powers to stop the seasons from happening (M. Robinson, Homeric Hymn to Demeter
). Zeus attempts to resolve the issue, by telling Hades to return Persephone, but because she ate a pomegranate, she must
spend a third of the season with Hades and the rest with Demeter (M. Robinson, Homeric Hymn to Demeter
). Between the conflict of Zeus and Demeter, Demeter won, as she got her daughter returned to her, however she also has to send her away to the underworld for
a few months every year and she still remains married to him. 2.
Describe Gaia’s role in the events of the Homeric Hymn to Demeter
. What does she do? How does she help? Whose side does she take in the conflict? (Please type response here)
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