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Chapter 11: Apollo
Terms/Names/Tales to know:
Birth tale: how Leto wandered,
looking for a place to give birth, how Hera kept Eileithyia captive on Mt.
Olympos so Leto could not give birth, how Delos took her in, how he was fed
with divine nectar and ambrosia and became immortal.
Attributes:
lyre, curved bow (sometimes silver), gift of prophesy (articulation of Zeus'
will)
reason, moderation, and calm on the one hand; on the other, quick to anger,
violent, and unforgiving
Epithets:
"Phoebus Apollo, the far-shooter with the unshorn hair"
Roles:
God of music, prophesy, medicine, known for such maxims as "Know yourself"
Cult places:
DELOS (see
Dr. J's
Illustrated Guide to Delos)
DELPHI (see
Dr. J's
Illustrated Guide to Delphi)
Importance of Delphi (designated
the "center of the earth," omphalos)
See Dr.
J's Illustrated Delphi essay
Preparing to enter the Sacred Precinct (Dr.
J's Illustrated Guide)
Sacred Way and treasuries (Dr.
J's Illustrated Guide)
The Theater (Dr. J's Illustrated
Guide)
The Stadium (Dr. J's Illustrated
Guide)
The Training Area (Dr. J's
Illustrated Guide)
Temple of Apollo (Dr. J's
Illustrated Guide)
Oracle:
image of Pythia on tripod (identified as Apollo, but I wonder...)
Stories:
Apollo's journey from Delos to Delphi; victory over the "python"
(image of the Python's Den at Delphi)
The Sibyl of Cumae's tale
Apollo and Cassandra: she rejected
the god's advances and he punished her by giving her the gift of prophesy
that no one would believe
Apollo and Cyrene
Apollo and Daphne
Apollo and Hyacinthus
Apollo, Coronis, and Asclepius
Apollo and Marsyas
Apollo and Pan (Midas)
Terms to know:
Pythisa, Sibyl, Apollo Delphinius
Images of Apollo:
The
Temple of Zeus at Olympia, West Pediment and
here
Apollo on
the 1000 drachma note
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