Chapter 7: Apollo Flashcards
What is another name for Apollo?
Lycian
Who is Apollo the protector of?
He protected shepherds from wolves
In winter where did Apollo dwell?
He was with the Hyperboreans, the men beyond the North Wind
What are symbols of Apollo in art?
A palm tree and a beardless youth with a crown of laurel
Who is the mother of Apollo?
The Titaness Leto
What happened when Chryses daughter was stolen by King Agamemnon?
Chryses prayed to Apollo and he shot all the men with his arrows
Where was Apollo born?
Delos (clear/bright)
Where was Artemis born?
Ortygia (quail island)
Why were Delos and Ortygia exempt from Hera’s decree?
They were floating island and sometimes were underwater
With what was Hera bribed to let Eileithyia help Leto give birth?
A necklace of gold and amber thirty feet thick
Who was sent by Hera to rape Leto?
The Giant Tityus
Who ordered that all the graves in sight of the temple of Artemis be dug up and the bodies moved to a nearby island?
Pisistratus
What was the island of Delos used for after the Persian Wars?
A meeting ground for the Delian League
Where was Apollo’s shrine?
Mount Parnassus
What happened to Marsyas when he was beaten by Apollo in a musical contest?
He was flayed alive by Apollo
What was the name of the spring that Apollo came across in Boeotia?
Telphusa
How was Apollo cleansed from miasma (bad blood) after he killed the Python
He was cleansed with the blood of a piglet (by blood shall blood be cleansed) at the Valley of Tempe in Thessaly
What was the name of the prophetess at Delphi?
Pythia
What is the name of the room where to oracle resides?
The adytum
Who killed Cassandra?
Clymenestra, the wife of Agamemnon
What happened to Sibyl?
Apollo loved her and said that she would have as many years of life as the grains of rice she was able to hold. Sibyl refused to sleep with him so he granted her the wish but did not give her everlasting youth
What happened to Daphne?
She was pursued by Apollo and was so turned into a laurel tree, hence why it is so sacred to him
Who was the boy that Apollo loved?
Hyacinth
What happened to Hyacinth?
He was killed accidentally by a discus thrown by Apollo. From his blood grew the hyacinth flower
