Classical Mythology

APOLLO 239 Apollo and Daphne, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680). Marble, 1624; height 96 in. Like Pollaiuolo, Bernini has chos ...

240 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS APOLLO AND HYACINTHUS Apollo was also susceptible to the love of young men.^20 His devotion ...

APOLLO 241 APOLLO, CORONIS, AND ASCLEPIUS Several stories emphasize Apollo's role as a god of medicine, which is taken over in l ...

242 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS The Homeric Hymn to Asclepius (16) is a short and direct appeal to the myth- ical physician: ...

APOLLO 243 that he dared to challenge Apollo himself to a contest. The condition imposed by the god was that the victor could do ...

244 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS The judgment of the sacred mountain pleased everyone except Midas; he alone challenged the v ...

APOLLO 245 knows by experience the dangers of excess. From a sea of blood and guilt, Apollo brings enlightenment, atonement, and ...

246 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS Apollo. Marble detail from the west pediment of the temple of Zeus at Olympia, ca. 460 B.C.; ...

APOLLO 247 mediately the immortals are obsessed with the lyre and song. The Muses, all to- gether, harmonize with their charming ...

248 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS islands will bring perfect hecatombs and consult the oracle. To them I shall deliver my answ ...

APOLLO 249 me his dear and trusting wife. Apart from me, just now, he has given birth to keen-eyed Athena, who is outstanding am ...

250 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS Then Phoebus Apollo knew in his heart why the beautifully flowing spring, Telphusa, had tric ...

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252 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS known the pronouncements of Phoebus Apollo of the golden sword, whatever oracle he gives fro ...

APOLLO 253 to land? This is the right thing for enterprising men to do whenever they come from the sea to shore in their black s ...

254 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS sanctuary and rich temple. And the spirit was aroused in their dear breasts; and the leader ...

APOLLO 255 It is not difficult to imagine a fluid bardic tradition in which hymns could vary in length and be presented in dive ...

256 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS Petronius, Satyricon 48. 8. The Sibyl's story appears to be late in its reminiscences of Ca ...

CHAPTER 12 HERMES THE BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD OF HERMES The Homeric Hymn to Hermes (18) concentrates upon the story (repeated at the ...

258 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS he did not remain lying in his sacred cradle; but he sprang up and looked for the cattle of ...