Q1 : What is the Greek equivalent of
Bacchus?
a Amphitrite
b Polyphème
c Dionysos
The mother, pregnant with Bacchus, pushed by jealous Hera, wants to admire the
divine spark of her lover in all his splendor and will undergo a spell from Hera. Her
lover who inopportunely promised the future mother of Bacchus to grant all her wishes, is
forced to reveal himself. Indeed, this one is unable to bear the sight of the lightning
which surrounds her lover. She is stricken down and her body will disappear.
Q2 : Who is Bacchus' mother ?
a Acis
b Galatée
c Sémélé
The father of Bacchus, to save baby Dionysos, who was only with the sixth month, withdraws
him from the womb of his mother.
Q3 : Who is Bacchus' father?
a Achille
b Zeus
c Atlas
Q4 : Who painted this work representing this event?
a Gustave
Courbet
b Gustave Moreau
c Géricault
The father of Bacchus, to withdraw Bacchus from the anger of Hera hides the child in
his thigh for three months, until his birth from where his nickname: the one who was born
twice
Q5 : What is the expression which came from this story?
a prendre ses jambes à son cou
(to run like a bat out of hell)
b la tête et la jambe (an arm
and a leg)
c sortir de la cuisse de
Jupiter (to come out of nowhere)
The child is then entrusted to Hermes who takes it to king of Orchomene and his
wife, his new adoptive parents, and recommends them to raise it in the district of
the women, disguised as a small girl to escape the jealousy of Hera.
Q6 : What were the names of the adoptive parents of Bacchus?
a Ajax and Iris
b Argos and Lo
c Athamas and Ino
Hera always wants the death of Bacchus, fruit of the adultery love of her husband. The
years pass, but the fate of Hera follows Bacchus who strikes his adoptive parents with
madness.
Q7 : What does Bacchus' father change him into one more time to save his life again?
a a vine
b a baby goat
c a rock
His father transports Bacchus far from Greece, in the country called Nysa. He had there a
happy childhood in nature..
Q8 : Which beings, among which he lives, make him discover vineyard and the art of
making wine?
a the nymphs
b the fairies
c the amazons
Q9 : What was the name of the Nymphs of the Mountains?
a Hamadryades
b Dryades
c the Oréades
Q10 : Who painted this work representing Bacchus as a child?
a Franz von Stuck
b Laurent de La
Hyre
c François Boucher