CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Homeric Hymns, Maenad, Odysseus
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Apollo: god of prophecy and music: a god connected by myth to delphi, apollo has a sanctuary at delos. Role diminishes, and later delphi becomes the centre of worship of apollo. Omphalos (the stone that marks the centre of the earth) was said to be in. And why: apollo knows exactly what he"s going to do when born; be the mouthpiece of the gods. Apollo travelled throughout greece to find a place to set his oracle, and thus takes up residence in delphi. > acquired this sanctuary by killing a dragon, and leaving it out to dry and rot. Thus called pythian apollo (pythian in greek is rot": once apollo has the sanctuary, he pirates a ship from knossos to pylos, and steers it instead to delphi. This connects greeks around the world to delphi, and to this god: links apollo"s narrative to all these places; explains why apollo is welcome to all of these places, apollo"s love affairs:
