HUM-8 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Homeric Hymns, Etiology, Odysseus
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Joseph yang: reading for today, homeric hymn to apollo in acm pp. Artemis & apollo: think back on artemis, apollo"s sister, demanded sacrifice of iphigenia, demands the taurians give her human sacrifice, unruly and dangerous, they have two sides: can be great to humans, can be very cruel. Exam 50 questions on new material, 50 on old material ( a lot of odyssey: what have we seen of apollo & artemis so far, both are always implacable, ambivalent, dangerous, powerful (violently powerful) & respected even among gods: oedipus rex (present, but not onstage), hymn to hermes, orestes & iphigenia myths. Delos & delphi) role of sacrifice in relationship btwn mortals & immortals (cf. Homeric hymn to apollo: etiology for apollo"s real-life temples on the island of delos and at delphi. ", mindful, ever mindful, will i be of apollo the far-darter.
