CLAS104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Croesus, Cumaean Sibyl, Cupid

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS104
• Professor: Ronald Kroeker

Document Summary

Attributes: bow and lyre (harp, often had turtle shell soundboard). Can also be considered a cruel god like sister. Oracles were a place greeks would go to get messages from the. Gods, also asks questions whether they should change the laws in a certain way. Is mysterious because it would be very hard to understand: music and poetry (yet destructive). Sometimes fill in the role as a muse: healing (and plagues). Prevails over the realm of diseases and healing. Considered greek god who embodies beauty and culture of all other greek gods. Shrines: delos birthplace of artemis and apollo because no other land would want leto to have her twins there, but bribed their way into delos eventually. Foundation story leto and the little island that could. Promised that they would construct a shrine to apollo that would make them famous: delphi . Had apollo delphinius from some dolphin story, refer to textbook.