CLAS 1P95 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Clytemnestra, Idmon, Cyclops
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Like an aristocrat, apollo funds cultural events and art. Apollo sends a plague to the greek flocks and camp. Apollo is scary because he is the son of zeus and the fact that he is a disease god. Rationality and moderation is what he wants to do, but he"s not as controlled as athena is, more like artemis, a little more uncontrolled. Apollo is the son of zeus and leto: In myth (homer) leto and zeus have a loving relationship. Apollo"s arrows represent the way disease seems to happen. Scary because he is totally callous with who he kills. Apollo kills like a wolf would pick off sheep. Apollo is also a god of healing. As a god of disease apollo has the power to end plagues. A diagnostic or prophecy in doctors comes from apollo. A meteorologist or an economist would be associated with apollo"s prophecy aspect.