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Apollo Flashcards

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Apollo

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God of poetry, prophecy, medicine (destroyer and healer)
non-Hellenic name
False etymology - apollumi means to destroy
Roman: Apollo
Son of Zeus and Leto

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Artemis

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twin sister of Apollo

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Asclepius

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son of Apollo, God of Healing

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Cassandra

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Daughter of Priam, King of Troy
Apollo offered gift of Prophecy in exchange for sexual favours
Cassandra reneges - gift becomes curse
prophecies will be true but never believed

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Chiron

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trusted centaur, who Asclepius was given to and taught him healing

single serpent around staff

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Coronis

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pregnant by Apollo, child is Ascelpius
Coronis has affair with mortal
raven reports affair and Apollo kills coronis and turns raven black

child was snatched from funeral pyre and given to Chiron

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Crisa

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Build oracle here at Mt. Parnassus foot

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Cumae/Cumean Sibyl

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in italty, where sibyl is from

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Daphne

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daughter of river Peneus
Apollo dissed Cupid and Cupid forces Apollo to fall in love

Has 2 arrows
Lead > Daphne rejects Apollo (devoted to Artemis, does not want to marry)
Gold > Apollo falls in Love with Daphne

Calls father for help and is transformed into Laurel tree, still sacred to Apollo wears branch on his head

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Delos/Delian

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aid in Birth of Apollo?

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Delphi/Delphinius

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Delphis = Apollo as a dolphin
commandeers Cretean Ship and turn sailors into attendants

Delphi = Panhellenic name, God of sailors and colonization

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Ge-Themis

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oracle of Mother Goddess
Slaying of dragon was a victory over autochthonous deity - exiled to Thessaly

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Homeric Hymn to Apollo

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1st Hymn to Delian Apollo
Hera tries to prevent birth
Leto’s wandering - only Delos takes chance
Apollo’s obligations: build temple, establish oracle
Part 1
Leto suffers labor for 9 days, assisted by Eileithyia
variant - Artemis is 1st born and assisted in Apollos birth
Hera tries to prevent birth
only Delos takes chance
Part 2
Apollo seeks location for oracle - Crisa at Mt. Parnassus
Must slay dragon first - slain dragon rots named Python
Epithet Pythian Apollo

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Hyacinthus/ Hyacinthia

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handsome spartan youth
killed by errant discus (maybe Zephyrus caused it to hit him)

Apollo grows hyacinth flower in his honour and worships annually

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Hygeia

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daughter of Asclepius
health

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Hyperboreans

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“Beyond the north wind”
Send annual offerings to Delian Apollo
Apollo originated somewhere in the North

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Idas

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Marpessa loves and chooses him over Apollo

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“Know thyself”

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apollo quote?

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Laurel

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the tree that Daphne became snd branch that Apollo wears on his head

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Leto

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Mother of Apollo

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Loxias

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epithet of Apollo - crooked, devious

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Lycia/Lycian

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Asia Minor, Origin of Apollo
Lycian - epithet
could mean wolf-like

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Marpessa

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apollo loves but she is in love with Idas, Zeus intervenes and gives Marpessa a choice - chooses Idas (scared to be abandoned in old age)

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Marsyas

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satyr who challenged Apollo to flute contest invented by Athena
victor is allowed to do anything to loser
Apollo wins easily and flays Marsyas alive - blood becomes river

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Midas

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pan lover, ass ears

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Mt. Paranussus

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at foot, Crisa, location for oracle

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Mt. Tmolus

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mountain who judges Apollo the winner against Pan

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“nothing too much”

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also quote by Apollo?

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Omphalos

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“navel” Delphi is centre of Greek World, egg shaped stone

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Pan

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God of wild, worshipped by Midas and belittles music of Apollo

Contest: Pipes vs Lyre
Mt.Tmolus judges Apollo the winner, Midas does not agree

apollo revnege turns Midas ears into donkey ears

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Panacea

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daughter of Asclepius
all healing

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Phoebus

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Bright shining, epithet,
Sun god, later replaces Hyperion and Helius

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Pindar

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pythian odes

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Pythia

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Prophetess of Apollo, sat upon tripod symbol of divine power

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Python/ Pythian Games

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The dragon slain by Apollo, Games commemorate slaying of Dragon

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Satyr

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half man half goat

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Sibyl

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of Cumae (in Italy)
Apollo offers as many years of life as grains of sand in hand in return for sexual favours
Reneges - no youth, keeps growing old until she becomes cicada

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Tripod

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Pythia sat on top

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Zephyrus

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caused Hyacinthus to be killed by discus

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