CLCV 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Eternal Youth
10 Mar 2019
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These are the apollo slides continued from wednesday, feb. 06. Kahoot review questions: apollo was born on the island of ________ Delos: the priestess of apollo at delphi is called _________. Pythia: apollo loved the nymph ___________ but she was turned into a laurel tree to escape. Daphne: apollo"s son by coronis was ____________, god of medicine. Asclepius: the foolish satyr _________ challenged apollo to a music contest and lost his life. Apollo"s personality - continued: forever on the edge of puberty. Usually the only god shown without a beard shows that he hasn"t reached maturity yet. This makes him unlucky in love: represents the tragic dilemma of human existence . God of binary opposites think of levi-strauss" theory of binary opposites. He is innocent because he"s this youthful, wonderful god. But is also guilty of rash and cruel actions, like killing coronis. He shows restraint in many cases, especially with women and sex.
