CLA204H1 Lecture : chapter 11
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Apollo"s sanctuaries: delos: three female divinities of the commerce of delos: olive girl, sea girl, wine girl. Delphi: had amphalos; rock of the centre of the earth in apollo"s temple. To rot : delphi also as pythia > apollo as pythian apollo. Cassandra, priestess w/ gift of prophecy but doomed to never be believed by anyone. Marpessa: vase: rf psykter, zeus separates apollo and marpessa ; the pan painter, ca 480 bc, princess near delphi, she wanted to marry another man, idas; idas abducts marpessa w/ swift horses from. Daphne: aetiological myth; explains how the laurel plant comes into existence, and its importance to. Failure in love: not apollo himself as he epitomizes the young man; but that they know what the god might be like; also, some were followers of artemis. Apollo, and out of jealousy/anger wind manipulated situation. Apollo"s music: homeric hymn 25: to the muses and apollo. From the muses let me begin, and apollo and zeus;
