Apollo Flashcards
What son of Zeus and Leto…
Apollo
Who was the mother of Apollo?
Leto
Where was Apollo born?
Delos
Who nourished Apollo as an infant?
Themis
What did Apollo kill at delphi?
Python
What cretan king purified Apollo for the murder of Python?
Carmanor
Who did the oracle at Delphi originally belong to?
Gaea
Who had the oracle before Apollo?
Themis
What spring did Apollo dry up?
Telephusa
Who did Apollo make the first pythia?
Phenomoe
With Artemis, what giant did they kill for trying to violate leto?
Tityus
Who boasted to be better than Leto?
Niobe
Who shot Niobe’s sons?
Apollo
Who shot down Otus and Ephialtes for violently courting Hera and Artemis?
Apollo
Who is Apollo sometimes said to have learned the art of prophecy from?
Pan
Who made the lyre?
Hermes
What was the lyre made from?
a tortoiseshell
What did Apollo give Hermes in return for the lyre?
caduceus
Who invented the lute?
Apollo
Who flayed his opponent alive?
Apollo
Who challenged Apollo to a musical contest, flute against lyre?
Marsyas
Who won, Pan or Apollo?
Apollo
By the muse Thalia, who were sometimes said to be Apollo’s sons?
the corybantes
Coronis + Apollo?
Asclepius
Coronis was unfaithful to Apollo with what man?
Ischys
In honor of Coronis, what transformation occurred?
Apollo turned to black the originally white crow that had tattled on her
Who tattled on Coronis?
a white crow
When he raised a man from the dead…
Asclepius
Why did Apollo kill the Cyclopes?
because Zeus hit Asclepius with a thunderbolt for raising a man fro the dead
What did Apollo have to do because he killed the cyclopes?
serve admetus for a year
Who built the walls of troy?
Apollo and Poseidon
what revenge did Apollo get on Laomedon?
gave the city a plague
Who assisted Alcathoiis in building the walls of Megara?
Apollo
Who ordered Amphion to construct the outer walls of Thebes?
Apollo
Which gods courted Hestia?
Apollo and Poseidon
bribing her with prophetic powers…
Apollo / Cassandra
Why did Apollo punish Cassandra?
she still refused his advances
Who gave Cassandra prophetic powers?
Apollo
What did Apollo grant the Cumaean Sibyl?
as many years as grains of sand
Why did Apollo not let the sibyl stay young?
she refused his advances
What wish did Sinope ask of Apollo?
she remain a virgin
Who tricked Apollo into letting her stay a virgin?
Sinope
What beautiful youth of Amyclae…
Hyacinth
In Ceus, what boy did Apollo fall in love with?
Cyparissus
What happened to Cyparissus?
He accidentally killed his pet stag and because of his grief Apollo made him a cypress tree
(Erichtheus’s daughter) Creusa + Apollo?
Ion
Apollo + Aethusa?
Eleuther
Apollo + Cyrene?
Aristaeus
Apollo + Chione?
Philammon
Who changed Daedalion into a hawk?
Apollo
What side of the Trojan war was Apollo on?
trojans
Apollo + Procleia?
Tenes
Why did Apollo afflict the greeks with a plague?
Agamemnon’s refusal to accept ransom from Chryses
Who came to Orestes’ aid, successfully defending him against the accusing Erinyes on the Areopagus?
Apollo
