CLST 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Hamaxitus, Mount Sipylus, Pythian Games
2 Feb 2017
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Dangerous and important twins arriving from outside of greece . Apollo is involved with law, prophecy and oracles after prometheus, plague and medicine, the music and arts, the last of the sun gods, and the archer god. Pictured in romantic poses, or chasing women unsuccessfully. Phoebus apollo radiant like the sun. Apollo loxias oblique and gives confusing oracles. Delian apollo born of island delos. Delphian apollo protector of the shrine at delphi. Apollo pythios slayer of the python. He is the son of zeus and leto (latona) and is from the island of delos a small and insignificant island as well as a sacred site. Hera angry at leto and zeus and wants her to die in labour leto wanders around needing help so rhea, themis and amphitrite and convince eileithyia (childbirth) to disobey hera and help. In some versions artemis is born first and helps to deliver apollo.
