CLST 105 Midterm: clas 104 midterm 2.docx
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Cast plauges and heals killed many greeks in war of illiad. Leto wanted to give birth to her twins. No land would house her due to hera. Promised that there will be a great temple. He was brught to a hyper-borean land and was to choose place to shrine when he got back to greek. Knew it was the centre of the world due to oramus. Priestess named pythia was the host of apollo, predicted future due to sniffinf the rocks. Made them his attendednts and beached the ship on delphi. Had to do with greeks expansion and mediterranean. Oracle: classy expensive cake, sacrifice some animal cattle, etc, sacrafise goes to priestand priestess pythia, priest would write down what pythia said on tripod. Ambiguity gives riddle to people croseus seeks to prevent kingdom from being taken riddle said something of mule he attackas persia, mixed blood, cyrus becomes a great prisoner when he attacked cyrus.
