CMLT316 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Pherae, Cyparissus, Pythian Games
26 Apr 2017
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In touch with the gods: apollo"s oracle at delphi. Located at slopes of mt parnassus, apollo"s shrine at delhi considered spiritual center of. Zeus had given the art of prophecy to apollo. Apollo and dionysus both sons of zeus, embody very different aspects: rational intellect and instinctual sensuality. Cult of apollo created practical institution that allowed humans to communicate, though imperfectly, with the gods. The pythian games - to commemorate python"s defeat. Delphi - by far the most popular and influential oracle, apollo"s. Python- original name of delphi , resided mt parnassus. Themis- a titan goddess, daughter of gaea and uranus who personified justice and law; in some myths,she was mother of prometheus. Even after apollo"s cult was established there, she had a prophetic shrine at delphi. Ephebe- a class of greek youths, approx 18 to 20 years old, who underwent systematic educational and physical training to serve the police as hoplites.
