CLA 2444 Lecture 6: Greek and Roman Myth Notes 9_22_2017
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Challenges apollo to musical competition with pan flute. God of wilderness, coveted for performance on pan flutes. Apollo turns midas" ears into those of a donkey. Attempts to make holy site in arcadia. Nymph leads him away, not wanting to lose her land. Finds snake where he is led, slays it. Krisa becomes delphi, the center of the earth. Goes to oracle because persians were attacking. Asks if he should try to kill the persian king. Oracle says if he does, a king shall fall. Asks why thebes is being smitten by plague. Is to tell king that phoebus has fallen. Apollo promises to give her gift of prophecy if she sleeps with him. Gives her whatever she wishes if she loves him. Explains why the laurel wreath becomes sacred to apollo. Cupid shoots apollo and daphne with 2 arrows. Rather than being apollo"s lover, chooses to become a tree. Chooses to stay with mortal captor rather than apollo.
