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11 avr. 2023 · Apollo was the son of Zeus, the supreme god of the Greek pantheon, and Leto, a descendant of the Titans. In myth, he and his twin sister Artemis were born on the island of Delos, the only place on earth that would give Leto shelter when Hera, Zeus’ jealous wife, sought to prevent her from giving birth.
8 mars 2023 · Apollo and his lyre are the subject of this colorful fresco adorning a Roman house in Pompeii. Carole Raddato CC BY-SA 2.0. Apollo usually carried a lyre, his favorite musical instrument, and was often portrayed as a beardless youth. Described as “shining” and “the sun,” he was sometimes depicted with rays of light emanating from his ...
TO DELIAN APOLLO. (1–18) I will remember and not be unmindful of Apollo who shoots afar. As he goes through the house of Zeus, the gods tremble before him and all spring up from their seats when he draws near, as he bends his bright bow. But Leto alone stays by the side of Zeus who delights in thunder; and then she unstrings his bow, and ...
8 mars 2023 · Apollo and Daphne by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1744) Louvre Museum, Paris Public Domain. Apollo tried everything to win Daphne over, but to no avail. At last, Apollo decided to take Daphne by force. Daphne fled the lustful god, and just as he was about to catch her, she prayed to the gods for aid. In response, she was transformed into a laurel ...
10 mars 2023 · Phoebe’s sparse mythos overlaps with that of her more important grandson, Apollo. In some traditions, Phoebe was the third guardian of the oracle at Delphi, after her mother Gaia and her sister Themis, and it was Phoebe who presented Delphi to Apollo as a birthday gift. Subsequently, Apollo added his grandmother’s name to his own, becoming ...
7 déc. 2022 · Leto, sometimes still known by her Latin name Latona, was one of the daughters of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe. She was a lover of Zeus, with whom she mothered the radiant twins Apollo and Artemis —thus incurring the wrath of Zeus’ jealous wife Hera. According to the common tradition, Hera pursued Leto across the earth, forbidding any land ...
13 avr. 2023 · Artemis was the Greek goddess of the hunt, nature, and wild animals. She was typically regarded as one of the major Olympians, numbered among the so-called “Twelve Gods.”. In art and literature, Artemis was often imagined hunting in the forest with her bow. While her twin brother Apollo represented reason and order, Artemis signified the ...
31 juil. 2023 · Achilles was killed during the final year of the Trojan War, while he was still very young. There are different accounts of how he died, but in virtually all of them, he was killed by the Trojan prince Paris with the help of the god Apollo. In what became the most familiar tradition, Paris pierced Achilles in the heel with an arrow guided by ...
27 févr. 2023 · Apollo came into the world wrapped in white and clutching a bronze sword. The twins were natural archers, and fiercely protective of their mother. Together, Apollo and Diana hunted the terrible creature known as Python that had so pursued their mother. Eventually, they managed to lure the creature to Delphi—and its doom. They peppered the ...
9 mars 2023 · These included Apollo (as Apollo Delphinios), Asclepius, Hermes, Pan, and Zeus (as Zeus Meilichios and Zeus Panamaros). Other Worship: Magic Papyri, Curse Tablets, and the Chaldean Oracles Given her associations with magic, it is no surprise that Hecate was often invoked on the fringes of religious worship that dealt in magic, spells, and curses.
