Summary Chapter 11 Apollo

Apollo is also known as Phoebus , a well-respected individual is the know god of many things. To begin with, the god of music, as he plays a golden lyre(harp). The god plagues and of healing as he gives the science of medicine to man. Secondly, the god of light, as he carry’s the sun. Finally, the god of truth and oracles as the patron who gave wisdom in Delphi.

Dionysus, son of Zues and Semele and Apollo, son of Zues and Leto, both were born under strange conditions. Dionysus was born from the thigh of Zues after being fully grown, and Apollo's mother, Leto, was in labor for nine days with him because Hera did not want him to be born and would not give Leto a safe place for the child to be

• Eithinoha – daughter of Iagentci or better known as the goddess who fell from the sky

Zeus and Maia are the parents of Hermes, he is a messenger, thief, and conductor of souls, and he is also known from the stories “Hermes and the Cattle of Apollo,” “Hermes and the Crocus Flower,” and “The Caduceus of Hermes.” Hermes is the son of Zeus and Maia and he was born inside a cave on Mount Cyllene. Hermes had many divine offspring as well as mortal offspring. Some of the divine offspring that he had was Angelia who was the goddess of messages, Palaistra who was the goddess of wrestling, Eleusis who is the goddess of Eleusinian mysteries, and Pan who was the god of shepherds. Some of his mortal offspring was Libys who was a king of Lybia, Keryx who was a lord of Attika, Eudoros who was a lord of Phthiotis, and Phaunos who was a barbaric Italian king. Hermes was symbolized by his winged boots, his purse, the caduceus, the ram and the petasos. Hermes created the first lyre. He created the first lyre from an empty shell of a tortoise by stringing sinews across it.

After Medusa's affair with Poseidon she got pregnant with two children, Pegasus a winged horse, and Chrysaor, he of the Golden sword. They were sprang from Medusa's neck when Perseus cut her head. This myth of Medusa and Perseus is one of the most famous ones. Perseus was the

Artemis would protect women,children, and animals unless they disgrace her or her family. One day the wife of Amphion which goes by Niobe was bragging that she was superior from Leto because Leto was only blessed with two children and she was blessed with 14 children. Leto feeling angry told her children Apollo and Artemis to kill Niobe’s children one by one. Artemis killed the females and Apollo killed the males. They killed them with arrows that were dipped in poison. Niobe’s children remained unburied for nine whole days because Zeus warn anyone that would try to bury them he would turn those people into stone.

For example, scholars believed that the Pythia at Delphi was not the true prophet, but instead the male priests that aided in the prophetic rituals were the ones facilitating the responses. The only evidence that scholars have been able to find that supports this theory is an account of Plutarch (Maurizio 74). Plutarch recounts the experience of a priest Nikandros who was present when an inquirer tried to force the Pythia to give a prophesy (Maurizio 74). The Pythia refused to give an oracle because the inquirer’s goat did not pass the test (Maurizio 74). However, the inquirer was persistent, and soon the Pythia became hysterical and started uttering incomprehensible words before throwing herself to the ground (Maurizio 74). Scholars believe that this is evidence that the Pythia was unable to deliver her own prophesies and relied on male priests to deliver them (Maurizio 74). However, this is an exceptional example, and the only account in which the Pythia spoke intelligibly. Fortunately, the second-wave of feminism has brought new light to history, and many historians have and continue to uncover the full past of women. Recently women’s history in reference to the Pythia at Delphi has argued that the Pythia was responsible for the oracles and that all historical records of the Pythia depict the oracles as being spoken by her

Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto as well as the twin brother of Artemis. Apollo, also known by the name Apollon, and Phoebus when seen as the God of Light, was described to be a very handsome, young man with long hair. Apollo is said to be present with a wreath on his head, bows and arrows, a raven, which is a sacred animal of

45-120 CE) who served as a priest at Delphi, claims that the Pythias were selected without any special knowledge or talent, and once chosen, were to remain chaste and served Apollo for life. D, 12 The Pythia worked for nine months of the year because the Oracle was closed for the three months every winter as Apollo supposedly departed for the land of the Hyperboreans (a mythical race of giants from the far north who worshipped Apollo). (Brit) Since seven was a sacred number for Apollo, prophesies were only given on the seventh day after each new moon. This meant the Pythia was available for consultation only nine days a year, which led to a significant backlog of requests. Due to the confined scheduling, during the classical period, sometimes three Pythias were necessary to handle the workload, with two alternating to provide prophesy and the third to act as an understudy. It was considered inauspicious for the priestess to give prophecies on days that were not designated by law. POP 73-74 Plutarch tells of Alexander the Great’s arrogance when he attempted to force the Pythia to provide a consultation on an inappropriate day. As she was dragged to the temple, she exclaimed, “You are invincible, my son!” and Alexander left contented on his way to his Asian conquests. POP;

Latona, the mother of the twins, was hated by Hera for becoming pregnant with Hera’s husband, Jupiter . Hera forbid any sheltering for Latona to give birth under that would help her with child birth . She even held her daughter Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth, from helping Latona in her labor. Jupiter felt sorrow for Latona so her turned into a quail so that she could give birth.

Artemis, is one of those twelve Olympians and I believe her story to be one of the most interesting. Artemis is the child of Zeus and Leto, a titan. There are a few variations in the legend of her birth, but they all have the same main point. Her mother, Leto, was hiding from Hera on the island of Ortygia which is also known as Delos. Hera was trying to hunt Leto down as Hera claimed she were not allowed to give birth any place under the sun.

In the deep, dark abyss of Tartarus, a dungeon of torment and suffering for the wicked, the King of the Underworld was distracted after having captured his new queen, the daughter of Demeter and the goddess of spring, Persephone. Athena, the goddess of wisdom and chief of the virgin goddesses, slowly waded through the River Lethe, aware that no god ever dared to look towards the underworld due to its unpleasant nature. She steadied her resolve as a baby began emerge from her and made sure nobody was aware of this affair. As a Virgin goddess giving birth would be scorned upon. The baby glowed with such radiance that the entirety of Tartarus, and even Erebus, lit up with a bright gold.

They were born at the foot of Mount Olympus. After they were born they lived with Apollo, who is the goddess of music, poetry, art, oracles, and many more. They lived in a house on Mount Helicon in Central Greece. They were an extremely powerful group, with inspiring jobs.

The gods who inspired the love and hate relationships among families include Hermes, who used his magical use of language to lure the feelings of his brother Apollo away from jealousy to love. Hermes' reward was divination, and he became the god

There are seven most remarkable structures of ancient times and I’m going to write about four out of the seven. The statue of Zeus, which was created in 432 B.C., by Phidius, the lighthouse Of Alexandria that was created by Sostratus in 290 B.C. and took 20 years to complete. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus that was first created in 800 B.C. by Croesus and the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus that was built around 353 and 350 B.C. These are only four out of the seven wonders I will be writing about who commissioned and created each one of them. How they were built, where they were located, when was it constructed, why they were considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world and what happened to them.