Classical Mythology
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230 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS The conclusion of this first part of the Homeric Hymn to Apollo tells about the great festiv ...
APOLLO^231 a she-dragon by the fair-flowing stream nearby. The name of the site was hence- forth called Pytho (and Apollo, the P ...
232 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS is an awe-inspiring spot to this day. For anyone walking along the Sacred Way up to the grea ...
APOLLO 233 neath or inside the bowl, and it could be used for many obvious practical pur- poses. The tripod at Delphi was both a ...
234 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS ciety. According to Plato's Apology, Socrates' friend Chaerephon went to Delphi to ask who w ...
APOLLO 235 entrust them to the leaves. All this may be an oblique reference to some char- acteristic of the Sibylline books (col ...
236 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS chose Idas because he was a mortal, for she was afraid that the undying and eternally handso ...
APOLLO 237 all-consuming fire and fueled his love with fruitless hope. He sees her hair ly- ing unadorned upon her neck and says ...
238 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS Apollo and Daphne, attributed to Antonio del Pollaiuolo (1433-1498). Oil on panel; 11 5 /s X ...
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 ...
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