ENGL 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Physical Therapy, Trojan War, Cyparissus
19 Apr 2016
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Artemis born in sicily, apollo born in greece. While leto was pregnant, hera would not let eileithia (childbirth) help her. Other goddesses sent iris (messenger, rainbows) get get eileithia and bring her down. Leto promised delos if it allowed her to give birth there, it would be favoured in all of greece and. In another myth > after artemis was born, she assisted in apollo"s birth. Apollo loved delos, it became sacred to him. Became a treasury because people were afraid of apollo. People made offerings to the temple become rich and sacred. Started to lay out the plans, the spring thought it would take away form her glory. Tried to trick her > said the stream was extremely popular, told him about another spring near mount. Mountain guarded by a dragon, he kills it. Names the stream pytho > i rot . Realizes he was tricked, buries telephusa under a mountaintop.
