Apollo - Revision history

Irlandos at 11:05, October 27, 2010

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Irlandos: /* Apollo During the Trojan War */

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Apollo During the Trojan War

Irlandos: /* Cyrene/Aristaeus */

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Cyrene/Aristaeus

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Youth

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Apollo and the Birth of Hermes

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−	'''Apollo''' ([[Greek language\|Greek]]: Απόλλων, '''Apóllōn''') is a god in [[Greek mythology\|Greek]] and Roman mythology, the son of [[Zeus]] and [[Leto]], and the twin of [[Artemis]] (goddess of the hunt). In later times he became in part confused or equated with [[Helios]], god of the sun, and his sister similarly equated with [[Selene]], goddess of the moon]] in religious contexts. But Apollo and [[Helios]]/Sol remained quite separate beings in literary/mythological texts. In Etruscan mythology, he was known as Aplu.	+	'''Apollo''' ([[Greek language\|Greek]]: Απόλλων, '''Apóllōn''') is a god in [[Greek mythology\|Greek]] and Roman mythology, the son of [[Zeus]] and [[Leto]], and the twin of [[Artemis]] (goddess of the hunt). In later times he became in part confused or equated with [[Helios]], god of the sun, and his sister similarly equated with [[Selene]], goddess of the moon in religious contexts. But Apollo and [[Helios]]/Sol remained quite separate beings in literary/mythological texts. In Etruscan mythology, he was known as Aplu.

	==Worship==		==Worship==

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 Apollo shot arrows infected with the plague into the Greek encampment during the [[Trojan War]] in rage because the Greeks had kidnapped Chryseis, the daughter of Apollo's priest. He demanded her return, and the Greeks eventually complied.
-When [[Diomedes]] injured [[Aeneas]] during the [[Trojan War]], Apollo rescued him.  First, [[Aphrodite]] tried to rescue Aeneas but Diomedes injured her as well.  Aeneas was then enveloped in a cloud by Apollo, who took him to [[Pergamos (troy)|Pergamos]], a sacred spot in [[Troy]]. [[Artemis]] healed Aeneas there.
+When [[Diomedes]] injured [[Aeneas]] during the [[Trojan War]], Apollo rescued him.  First, [[Aphrodite]] tried to rescue Aeneas but Diomedes injured her as well.  Aeneas was then enveloped in a cloud by Apollo, who took him to [[Pergamos]], a sacred spot in [[Troy]]. [[Artemis]] healed Aeneas there.
 Apollo is also to have been said to have aided Paris in the killing of [[Achilles]].

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 ==== [[Cyrene (mythology)|Cyrene]]/[[Aristaeus]] ====
-By [[Cyrene (mythology)|Cyrene]], Apollo had a son named [[Aristaeus]], who became the patron god of cattle, [[fruit trees]], hunting, husbandry and [[bee-keeping]]. He was also a culture-hero and taught humanity dairy skills and the use of nets and traps in hunting, as well as how to cultivate olives.
+By [[Cyrene (mythology)|Cyrene]], Apollo had a son named [[Aristaeus]], who became the patron god of cattle, fruit trees, hunting, husbandry and bee-keeping. He was also a culture-hero and taught humanity dairy skills and the use of nets and traps in hunting, as well as how to cultivate olives.
 ==== [[Hecuba]] ====

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 == Youth ==
-In his youth, Apollo killed the vicious dragon [[Python (mythology)|Python]], which lived in [[Delphi]] beside the [[Castalian Spring]], according to some because Python had attempted to rape Leto while she was pregnant with Apollo and Artemis.This was the spring which emitted vapors that caused the [[Oracle]] at Delphi to give her prophesies.  Apollo killed Python but had to be punished for it, since Python was a child of [[Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]].
+In his youth, Apollo killed the vicious dragon [[Python (mythology)|Python]], which lived in [[Delphi]] beside the [[Castalian Spring]], according to some because Python had attempted to rape Leto while she was pregnant with Apollo and Artemis.This was the spring which emitted vapors that caused the [[Oracle]] at Delphi to give her prophesies.  Apollo killed Python but had to be punished for it, since Python was a child of [[Gaia]].
 == Apollo and Admetus ==

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 It was also said that Apollo rode on the back of a swan to the land of the [[Hyperboreans]] during the winter months.
-Apollo turned [[Cephissus]] into a [[sea monster]].
+Apollo turned [[Cephissus]] into a sea monster.
 Consorts/Children

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 Apollo killed the [[Aloadae]] when they attempted to storm [[Mt. Olympus]].
-Apollo gave the order, through the Oracle at Delphi, for [[Orestes (mythology)|Orestes]] to kill his mother, [[Clytemnestra]], and her lover, [[Aegisthus]].  Orestes was punished fiercely by the [[Erinyes]] for this crime.
+Apollo gave the order, through the Oracle at Delphi, for [[Orestes]] to kill his mother, [[Clytemnestra]], and her lover, [[Aegisthus]].  Orestes was punished fiercely by the [[Erinyes]] for this crime.
 It was also said that Apollo rode on the back of a swan to the land of the [[Hyperboreans]] during the winter months.

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 ## [[Acantha]]
 ## [[Cyparissus]]
-## [[Hyacinth (mythology)|Hyacinth]]
+## [[Hyacinth]]
 # Female Lovers
 ## [[Arsinoe (mythology)|Arsinoe]]

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 == Apollo and the Birth of [[Hermes]] ==
-Hermes was born on [[Mt. Cyllene]] in Arcadia. The story is told in the [[Homeric Hymn]] to [[Hermes]]. His mother, [[Maia]], had been secretly impregnated by [[Zeus]], in a secret affair. Maia wrapped the infant in blankets but Hermes escaped while she was asleep. Hermes ran to [[Thessaly]], where Apollo was grazing his cattle. The infant Hermes stole a number of his cows and took them to a cave in the woods near [[Pylos]], covering their tracks. In the cave, he found a [[tortoise]] and killed it, then removed the insides. He used one of the cow's intestines and the tortoise shell and made the first [[lyre]]. Apollo complained to Maia that her son had stolen his cattle, but Hermes had already replaced himself in the blankets she had wrapped him in, so Maia refused to believe Apollo's claim. Zeus intervened and, claiming to have seen the events, sided with Apollo. Hermes then began to play music on the lyre he had invented. Apollo, a god of music, fell in love with the instrument and offered to allow exchange the cattle for the lyre. Hence, Apollo became a master of the lyre and Hermes invented a kind of pipes-instrument called a syrinx.
+Hermes was born on [[Mt. Cyllene]] in Arcadia. The story is told in the [[Homeric Hymn]] to [[Hermes]]. His mother, [[Maia]], had been secretly impregnated by [[Zeus]], in a secret affair. Maia wrapped the infant in blankets but Hermes escaped while she was asleep. Hermes ran to [[Thessaly]], where Apollo was grazing his cattle. The infant Hermes stole a number of his cows and took them to a cave in the woods near [[Pylos]], covering their tracks. In the cave, he found a tortoise and killed it, then removed the insides. He used one of the cow's intestines and the tortoise shell and made the first [[lyre]]. Apollo complained to Maia that her son had stolen his cattle, but Hermes had already replaced himself in the blankets she had wrapped him in, so Maia refused to believe Apollo's claim. Zeus intervened and, claiming to have seen the events, sided with Apollo. Hermes then began to play music on the lyre he had invented. Apollo, a god of music, fell in love with the instrument and offered to allow exchange the cattle for the lyre. Hence, Apollo became a master of the lyre and Hermes invented a kind of pipes-instrument called a syrinx.
 Later, Apollo exchanged a caduceus for a syrinx from Hermes.

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 *'''Phoebus''' ("shining one"), for Apollo in the context of the god of light
 *'''Smintheus''' ("mouse-catcher") and '''Parnopius''' ("grasshopper"), as god of the plague and defender against rats and locusts.
-*'''Delphinios''' ("delphinian"), meaning "of the womb", associating Apollo with ''Delphoi'' ([[Delphi]]). An [[aitiology]] in the [[Homeric hymns]] connects the epitheton to [[dolphin]]s.
+*'''Delphinios''' ("delphinian"), meaning "of the womb", associating Apollo with ''Delphoi'' ([[Delphi]]). An aitiology] in the [[Homeric hymns]] connects the epitheton to dolphins.
 *'''Archegetes''', ("director of the foundation") for colonies.
 *'''Musagetes''' ("leader of the [[muses]]").

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 ==== [[Daphne]] ====
-Apollo chased the nymph [[Daphne]], daughter of [[Ladon]], who had scorned him.  His infatuation was caused by an arrow from [[Eros (god)|Eros]], who was jealous because Apollo had made fun of his archery skills.  Eros also claimed to be irritated by Apollo's singing. Simultaneously, however, Eros had shot a hate arrow into Daphne, causing her to be repulsed by Apollo. Following a spirited chase by Apollo, Daphne prayed to Mother earth to help her and he changed her into a [[Lauraceae]] tree, which became sacred to Apollo.
+Apollo chased the nymph [[Daphne]], daughter of [[Ladon]], who had scorned him.  His infatuation was caused by an arrow from [[Eros]], who was jealous because Apollo had made fun of his archery skills.  Eros also claimed to be irritated by Apollo's singing. Simultaneously, however, Eros had shot a hate arrow into Daphne, causing her to be repulsed by Apollo. Following a spirited chase by Apollo, Daphne prayed to Mother earth to help her and he changed her into a [[Lauraceae]] tree, which became sacred to Apollo.
 ==== [[Leucothea]] ====