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Classics 102 - Artemis and Apollo
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- 1What are her family relations?daughter of Leto and Zeus. the twin sister of Apollo
- 2Leto was not Zeus' wife so when Hera found out she was pregnant, she was very angry. What did she do?she constantly hounded Leto so that Leto could no rest but had to keep walking. She also cursed her, saying that anyone who let her give birth on their land would have a a curse upon them.
- 3What happened when it was time for Leto to give birth?she finally ended up on the island of Delos which was no effected by Hera's curse. Hera who was a goddess of childbirth kept Leto in lab our for a long time and kept her daughter, the goddess of childbirth, from going to Leto.
- 4How did the birth actually end?the messenger goddess Iris was sent by Leto to get Hera's daughter. She came and help deliver Artemis and then Apollo.
- 5What is Artemis the goddess of?goddess of the hunt. protector of young girls and animals. also associated with the moon
- 6How is she depicted in art?she carries a bow and arrow, drives a chariot and rides horses, modestly dressed, a young women who is physically fit. sometimes shown in a short dress which is practical for hunting but as scandalous as a nude Aphrodite.
- 7How is she a paradox.She is feminine in her sacred virginity but not in most of her actions. She is blood thirsty and a very good hunter, but then goes home to her brother and arranges dances. she is also a goddess who both saves and destroys.
- 8how is her role as a protector rather lose?she is a protector of young girls, but if a girl dies suddenly, she is said to have been hit with one of Artemis' arrows.
- 9In a painting we see agamemnon of the greeks taking his daughter out to be sacrificed. What is happening here?Agamemnon prayed to the gods as he was about to go to war but they did not have favourable winds. The gods told him to sacrifice his daughter. In one version of the story he did actually kill his daughter and then go to war, but in another Artemis swooped in one her golden deer and saved her. she took her to Brauron to be her first priestess.
- 10What is special about Brauron?had the most sacred rituals with 6-9 young priestesses who danced and worshiped Artemis. all the priestesses had to be celebet.
- 11Artemis had a temper and was bloodthirsty. She often reacted badly to things. How was this demonstrated when a young hunter saw her bathing?Artemis is a virgin goddess and she was very upset about the hunter seeing her. She turned him into a deer with his human conscious still in tact. she then released him and had his hunting dogs hunt him down and tear him apart.
- 12How else did she react badly when Queen Niobe talked about Leto?Niobe said Leto was not a very importance goddess because she had only one son and one daughter while Niobe had seven sons and seven daughters. Artemis and Apollo avanged there mother by Artemis shooting all the daughters and Apollo all the sons. Niobe tried to protect the youngest girl but Artemis killed her anyway.
- 13What became of Queen Niobe?she was in such a horrible greif that a tornado swept her up to the top of a mountain where she turned to stone still weeping.
- 14What is apollo the god of?the sun, prophecy, oracles, healing, plague and disease, music, song, poetry, archery, and is associated with the muses.
- 15how is he shown in art?with a bow and arrow and sometimes with a lyre
- 16Where is Apollo's largest temple? why?at Delphi. Zeus sent two eagles from two different ways and said that where they met would be the navel of Greece, which was Delphi.
- 17who was the oracle of Delphi?Pythia
- 18Where did Apollo get his first priests?he saw a boat off shore, turned himself into a dolphin and jumped up onto the boat. He redirected them to his oracle Pythia to be her priests.
- 19Who was Kassandra? Why did Apollo share the gift of prophecy with her?Apollo was in love with Kassandra but she would only be his lover if he shared the gift of phrophecy with her. He did this but she still refused him. So he tolded her he wanted to kiss her goodbye, and when he did he spat in her mouth, cursing her that no one would believe her visions.
- 20How was Daphne important to Apollo?Apollo was in love with her too. He chased after her but when he caught up to her, she cried out to Gaia who swallowed her into the earth to protect her. A Laurel tree was left in her place and this became Apollo's sacred tree.
- 21Who lived on Delphi before Apollo? what became of it?a dragon like serpent called Python with a bad temper. The beast was killed by Apollo.
- 22Why was Marsyas? What happened to him?Athena was a very talented flute player. She gave a concert to the gods but noticed the Hera and Aphrodite were laughing at her. Later she played her flute in front of the mirrow and saw she looked ridiculous wth her cheeks puffed out and her face blue. Embarrased she cursed the flute and through it away. Marsyas found the flute and played it. he was said to be the best flute player in the wolrd and played amny concerts. He challeneged Apollo to a musicians battle becuase he thought he was better. They were both talented and tied the first round. Then apollo challenged him to sing and play at the same time, the winner could punish the other any way they wanted. He couldn't so Apollo skinned him alive and nailed his skin to a tree.
- 23Who was Asclepios?he was a physician who they said could cure any illness. He was said to be the son of Apollo and a princess who Apollo killed when she dared to marry a mortal
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