Apollo is one of the most widely renowned Greek god in ancient history, and one of the few gods to have both the same Greek and Roman name (Apollo). An online article, “Apollo,” said that he started out as the god of herdsmen, and “Apollo's identification as god of music, archery, and medicine came after his oracle was established at Delphi” ( “Apollo”). The article on GaleNet also mentioned that much later, he was commemorated as the god of the sun. Apollo is known for his powers in prophesying and his musical abilities with the lyre, a type of harp. He is also acknowledged as an athlete, particularly an archer, and a healer. He is said to have been the god to teach mortals the art of medicine. Apollo is an amazing character in Greek mythology,
Apollo was the standard model for male beauty. He was a beardless, muscular man with a perfect figure. Apollo is often found carrying a lyre, a type of harp, or a bow and arrow, which was his signature weapon. As mentioned before, the oracle at Delphi and the lyre were sacred objects to him. Some of Apollo’s trademark animals are the raven, dolphin, wolf, and hawk. Some other important symbols were the laurel branch and herdsman staff. The laurel branch came from an important myth that is a highlight of Apollo’s
Apollo loved Daphne, the daughter of the river god Peneus, but she did not return the same feelings. Therefore, Apollo chased Daphne into the woods, trying persistently to gain her love. Daphne was so scared that she called on her father’s help. Daphne’s father turned her into a laurel tree, so she could avoid Apollo’s affection. Apollo then broke off a branch of the laurel tree to have a symbol to always remind him of his lost lover. It was said that “Thereafter, the laurel tree became sacred to the cult of Apollo, and a laurel wreath became a mark of honor to be given to poets, victors, and winners in athletic contests” ( “Apollo”). This myth implified Apollo’s compassion towards those he loved. His magnifying devotion makes Apollo seem as a being beyond ourselves and one to be celebrated. There were two main festivals that celebrated Apollo’s victory over the Python. Those were the festival Septri and Pythia, which was celebrated every four years. There is also a celebration for Apollo called Thargetia, which is celebrated for the coming of spring yearly. Also, the Romans built their first temple in honor of
Apollo would have “plunged straight into the woods” (pg. 178) to find them, but Chiron makes him and the other campers to take a shower. This show concern by Apollo wanting all his children to be safe and sound and not out of his sight. Also when he does find them he wanted to “ The second reason is when any of his friends get hurt somehow. When his friend Paolo got one of his legs sawed off, Apollo does everything in his power to help recover his leg. He “tended to Paolo Montes until I (Apollo) he was out of pain” (pg. 181). Apollo demonstrates that he has concern for his friends by spending a lot of time helping Paolo and doing anything that could help Paolo ease his pain. Finally it is when Apollo get worried about Meg when she is stuck in a special type of goo made by ants. To free Meg, Apollo has to throw a geranium seed down at the goo to make the goo incinerate. The seeds grew and were “bursting from her neck to her armpit. “How many seeds did that?”(Apollo asking Meg)” One” “Then this many (dozen) will choke you.”(pg. 261) This is proof that Apollo is concerned for others because he does not want to do so many that he will hurt her in some way and endanger her
“Apollo is considered the god of music, prophecy, oracles, healing, plague and disease, song, poetry, archery, and the protection of the young. He is always depicted as a handsome young male with long flowing hair, with his bow and his lyre in hand. His Mother and Father are Zeus and Leto. (Leto is a female titan.) Apollo has a twin sister named Artemis. She is the goddess of hunting, wilderness, and wild animals. Apollo was not only a very skilled musician he was also very skilled with his Silver bow.” (1)
This means that the people of Sparta believed in not one, but multiple gods. During this time in Greek the primary god was Zeus. Zeus was the god of the sky as well as the ruler of Olympian Gods. The Spartans participated in religious holidays including Carneia, Enyalia, Gymnopaedia and Hyacinths. During the Carneia believed to happen in the month of August, Spartans were not allowed to declare war during this time. Carneia was celebrated in honor of Apollo Carneios. Spartans would chase a designated man and if caught, it meant good luck for the coming harvest. The Enyalia was an annual festival in which its main objective was a spring purification march of the army between the two halves of a scarified dog. Gymnopaedia involved the youth of Sparta, in which they would display their athletic and strong bodies, as well as dance. This was done to highlight and appreciate the beauty of Sparta. Hyacinths was a holiday of celebration and honor. On the first day the people of Sparta would celebrate the death of a hero and the second for the rebirth of a
The Differences between Apollo and Dionysus are not difficult to see. Though both Gods are associated wi...
Adam Green is a talented writer, who has written many articles for The New Yorker. But I’m focused on the one about Apollo Robbins. In A Pickpockets Tale (Green, 2013), Adam describes Apollo as unlike any person I have read about. His stature that was confronted as a child, his ability as a pickpocket, tireless effort to perfect his craft, and his ability to make people feel comfortable while he’s stealing from them makes him one of the most interesting man in the world. Adam Green does this in my opinion out of a fondness to the art of magic and the lure of being a legal pickpocket.
The worship of the God Apollo established in the 11th to 9th centuries. In the next five centuries, the sanctuary slowly grew in importance and size. During the 8th circa B.C Delphi became internationally known for the Priestess Pythia’s oracle powers.
Hephaestus was the Greek God of blacksmiths, sculptors, metallurgy, fire, and volcanoes. He is symbolized with a hammer, an anvil, and a pair of tongs (“Hephaestus”). Hephaestus worked with a rare metal deadly to monsters, Celestial Bronze. The arrows of Eros (known also as cupid) were fashioned by Hephaestus as well(“Hephaestus- Facts and Information on Greek God Hephaestus”). He is the son of Zeus and Hera. Born deformed he was thrown out by his parents once they knew he was imperfect (“Hephaestus- Facts and Information on Greek God Hephaestus”). There are many theories about Hephaestus and how he came to be, I’m going to tell you a couple from a few different places. Hera threw him from Olympus because he was crippled;
Hermes (Latin name Mercury) is the messenger of the gods. He is the fastest of all the gods and goddesses. He is the son of Zeus and Maia. He is a guide who knew the way to the underworld. So he would show the dead souls the way to the underworld. Hermes is also known as the patron of traders, merchants, thieves and everyone who lived by their wits.
In ancient Greece and Rome, each of the gods was associated with specific objects. Zeus (Jupiter), the father of the gods, was often accompanied by an eagle or a thunderbolt; Apollo, the god of art, by a lyre; Artemis (Diana), the hunter, by a bow and quiver. In addition, the Romans perfected the use of secular allegorical symbols. For example, a woman surrounded by bunches of grapes and sheaves of wheat would be readily understood as a representation of the bounties of the earth.
It was the seat of the Delphic oracle, the most famous and most powerful of ancient Greece. The oracle originated in the worship of an earth-goddess, and later legend ascribed it to Gaea. It passed to Apollo; some stories say he won it by killing the Python, others that it descended to him peacefully through Themis and Phoebe. The Delphic oracle was the preeminent shrine of Apollo, but in winter, when Apollo was absent among the Hyperboreans, it was sacred to Dionysus, who was said to be buried there. The oracle was housed in the great temple to Apollo, first built in the 6th cent. B.C. (it was destroyed and rebuilt at least twice). The oracular messages were spoken by a priestess seated on a golden tripod, who uttered sounds in a frenzied trance; they were interpreted to the questioner by a priest, who usually spoke in verse. Delphi was unique in its universal position in the otherwise...
He is very well known for being deceiving, and a trickster. Hermes is also known for his many love affairs with numerous mortals, goddesses, and nymphs. In the Odyssey he serves as a messenger and is sent to Kalypso to tell her that she must let Odysseus off her island. The next person, Helios, is actually not a god but a rather a titan. He is the son of Hyperion and Thea and represents the sun, and his sisters Serena and Eos represent the night and the dawn. An easy way to remember him is that “Helios” is a root word from Greek for sun. Helios did not play a big part in Greek mythology and was eventually replaced by Apollo, but in the Odyssey he gets revenge on Odysseus for eating his cattle. Lastly is Aeolus, and this god is different because there are actually three gods with this name. The most famous which is the one that will be talked about in the Odyssey is the keeper of the winds, and he is also known by his other name is Hippotes. He gives Odysseus favorable winds, but when his companion opens the bad with the bad winds things turn a turn for the worse. In a nutshell, this is an explanation of all the gods in the Odyssey and the role that they
Prometheus was especially known as the 'god of fire'. This was so because in one of the myths, Prometheus was said to have stolen the fire from Zeus. Later, Prometheus would pay for this. He was also considered to be a "supreme trickster", 'creator...
But four of his finest show a god, a nymph, a cyclops, and a minor goddess being rejected and each dealing with rejection their own way. The first story of unrequited love is in the first book. It is the story of Apollo and Daphne, showing that even the gods can
Though Apollo and Zeus had other Oracles in Ancient Greece, Apollo’s Oracle at Delphi was the most famous and important Oracle in Ancient Greece. The Delphic oracle was located in the city of Delphi. “It was believed [that] Apollo … spoke through the mouth of an inspired woman known as the Pythia, who in turn conveyed the message to a priest, who relayed it to the person who had made the inquiry” (Rubin). People would ask this Oracle a variety of different questions; one ...