CLASS 4960 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Pythius Of Priene, Etiology, Eileithyia
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Apollo mousagetes: apollo the leader of the muses . God of the silver bow but not a hunter (arrows associated with plague symbols) But also a god of medicine and healing (can cure) His oracle delphi: one of the most important oracles in the ancient world. Part 1: island of delos: birth of apollo. A pregnant leto wanders greece looking for a place to deliver apollo. All lands fear birth of new god and his future power. Only a small, rocky delos agrees to welcome his birth and be home to his temple. For 9 days an angry hera keeps eileithyia (goddess of childbirth) unaware of. *apollo was born on delos because only delos was willing to shelter leto when she was pregnant. Answers of apollo delivered by the pythia, an inspired priestess. Apollo comes to a spring called telphousa, wants to build a temple and oracle here. In anger, apollo goes back and piles rocks on the spring telphousa.
