Chapter 16 Student Quiz

. Which god is a consort of Dea Syria?

. Which Aegean island was home to the cult of the Cabiri?

. A full account of the initiation into the rites of Isis is given in:

. Which is not a typical feature of mystery cults?

. Which sea-god does Aristaeus consult to learn why his bees have died?

. Like Hesiod, the Orphic tradition introduces early on the procreative power of Eros, also called by the Orphics:

. According to Orphic theogony, the first principle was:

. Which divinity is not associated with the stories of Orpheus?

. Which of the following is said of Orpheus?

. Orpheus had his origins in:

. According to Vergil, Eurydice's untimely death resulted from:

. What term is used to describe the harmonizing of different cults and their myths into some kind of unity?

. What was the name given to the shedding of the blood of a bull in the rites or Cybele and Attis?

. Who sprang from the cosmic egg in the Orphic cosmology?

. Which is not a Dionysian element in the story of Orpheus?

. Who is sometimes said to be the father of Orpheus?

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