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Title: Apollo


1
Chapter 11
  • Apollo

2
Homeric Hymn 3 (To Apollo)
  • Poem is actually two poems
  • 3a Hymn to Delian Apollo (M L, 238-42 8th
    ed.)
  • 3b Hymn to Delphic Apollo (M L, 259-68 8th
    ed.)
  • Consider the opening what a great scene!
  • Only Athenas birth gets such treatment
  • Consider the ending of 3a who is this blind
    poet of Chios? (M L, 242)

3
Homeric Hymn 3 (To Apollo)
  • 3a where is Delos? Why is it concerned about
    Apollos birth?
  • How does Leto finally convince Delos to be the
    birthplace of Apollo?
  • What does Hera do to make life difficult for
    Leto?
  • What evidence is there that the poet feels Hera
    is wrong?

4
Brief Comments on Delphi
  • Main oracle in Greece
  • At one time, oracle under control of Pythia
  • Homeric Hymn 3b describes battle between Apollo
    and Pytho (monster) for control of Delphi
  • Other oracle at Dodona (to Zeus)

5
Apollos Sorry Love Life
  • Cumaean Sibyl (M L, 246-47 8th ed.)
  • Cassandra (M L, 247-48 8th ed.)
  • Daphne (Ovid, Metamorphoses I, 452-567, M L,
    248-252 8th ed.)
  • Hyacinthus (Ovid, Metamorphoses X, 174-219, M L
    , 252-53 8th ed.)
  • Coronis (Ovid, Metamorphoses II, 600-34, M L,
    253-55 8th ed.)
  • Marpessa (M L, 248 8th ed.)
  • Whats up with this?

6
Apollo and Music
  • Contest with Marsyas (Ovid, Metamorphoses VI, M
    L, 255-56 8th ed.)
  • Contest with Pan (Ovid, Metamorphoses XI, 146-93,
    M L, 257-58 8th ed.)
  • Whats with Apollo and criticism, or challenges?

7
Nature of Apollo
  • Is the boy wound too tight?
  • Apollo v. Dionysus as artistic approach
  • Apollo figure of control order
  • Augustus Caesars patron god
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