CLA204H1 Lecture : Apollo
Document Summary
The island of delos was sacred to apollo and is the location of one of his most important sanctuaries. Delos was the home of anius, son of apollo who was both his father"s priest and king of the island at the time of the trojan war. He had three daughters, elais (olive girl), spermo (seed girl) and oeno (wine girl) who received from dionysus the powers. Agamemnon attempted to compel them to go to troy with the greeks to supply the army with these provisions but once they refused, dionysus turned them into doves. The second part of the hymn tells how apollo descended from. Mt. olympus, discovering the proper spot for the foundation of oracle among humankind at crisa. Apollo laid out his temple then slew a dragon by the stream nearby. The name of the site was called pytho because the rays of the sun made the monster rot.
