CLAA06H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Medicine Man, Pythia, Helenus
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Chapter 7 myths of the great god apollo. Birth of apollo on delos: titanus leto (daughter of coeus and phoebe) was a mistress of. She said that no land will see her children: delos and ortygia, two floating islands were exceptions. Apollo was born on delos, artemis on ortygia hanging on a palm tree. Observations: the delphic oracle: delphi is a religious center where all greeks paid respect (2 eagles of. Zeus crossed) it is called the world"s navel: the prophetess at delphi is called pythia after the dragon python. (function is unknown) It answered yes and no wuestions: once asked if you go to war with persians, you will destroy an empire, but that empire ended up being his own. Apollo"s unhappy loves: apollo had power to make human beings prophets, priam, king of troy and his wife hecabe had twins, helenus and. Cassandra asked him to make her into a prophet in exchange for sex.
