ANCS-1006EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Theogony, Microsoft Powerpoint
16 Oct 2018
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They began to make settlements around the different countries. They sent colonies to around their known world to go make greek cities. One of the important cities is delphi. Prior an oracle of g (the earth) Apollo kills the snake and tell it to rot (python - act of rotting) Priestess of apollo named after this named pythia (title) She would stay a virgin and foretell the future. People would be sent to the pythia find out where they would go when they sent the colonies away. Pythia would go into a trance and a priest would write a poem (from. Apollo through the pythia) and give it to the ambassador who was sent as an answer. Thought when an idea came into your mind its from the gods, didn"t know about the brain. The muses inspired him - 9 muses. Aegis - skin of a goat - what athena puts on her shield.
