CLAS 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Miasma Theory, Outshined, Tums
1 Nov 2015
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Clas 203 lecture 12 the olympian god: apollo. >amazing location located up an ancient way called sacred way . Ruins and inscriptions all along the way. >location has romantic atmosphere coinciding with oracular god. Previous gods so far look old and wise with beards. But apollo is a young man, hunk , very attractive, beardless, must have been blonde. The god of healing, passes it onto his son. Takes over the domain of the sun (associated with sun) Associated with golden things and is described as golden through allegories. Recognize in artwork for being beardless, young and handsome. Holds a sprig of laurel (daphne in greek) >popularity of delphic shrine lost importance when romans took over. >mother leto (daughter of titan) had affair with zeus. >hera persecuted leto and forbids leto to give birth on any land touched by sun. >finds delos island that has waves covering it sun not directly shining on it.
