CLAA06H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Homeric Hymns
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In the homeric hymns, particularly the hymns to apollo and hermes, the stories of their births were mentioned in great detail. First, in the homeric hymn to apollo, the son of zeus and. Leto, is portrayed as a strong character that might even be a threat to zeus himself. Other gods are afraid of him and even his father is aware of his power. There are hints that zeus fears another succession of power. Zeus and the other gods and goddesses only welcome him when. He is also written as a god who often travels, thus the title far-darting which refers to when his mother travelled far to run from hera. Apollo is often seen as the one who is tricked (e. g. by telphousa and hermes), but often receives justice. Both are children of zeus and hated by hera. They also have a strong musical inclination (e. g. hermes creating the lyre, while apollo is very skilled in playing it).
