CLA204H1 Lecture 3:
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Immortal; can"t die: when don"t want them, shove them in the underworld > giants fermenting under earth, creating volcanic activity. A 13 foot necklace given to eileithyla (giant) Don"t eat or drink; live off of nectar. Vast knowledge about humans; can move very quickly. Grow up to a certain developmental stage and then stop. Great power over human beings, making them feel certain ways > cupid making apollo fall in love with daphne, and her repelled. Can"t undo what another god has done > if child is dying, that is destiny; can only really slow it down: metamorphose or cause metamorphosis. Different dates, 7th-5th centuries bce; all written in archaic period. Ritual performance (probably: apollo, meaning of name and where he came from is unknown; might come from asia. Apollo and artemis, children of leto the titan, and zeus. Thought of as being associated with the sun; was not originally. Classical period, apollo associated sun and artemis with moon.
