[Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World 01] • Apollo by Graf, Fritz -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World CONTENTS SERIES FOREWORD

WHY GODS AND HEROES?

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS WHY APOLLO?

INTRODUCTION

KEY THEMES

1 APOLLO IN HOMER

THE GOD OF THE ILIAD ARCHER, KILLER AND HEALER FESTIVALS AND SANCTUARIES OF APOLLO THE HOMERIC HYMN TO APOLLO SUMMARY

2 APOLLO THE MUSICIAN

THE BOW AND THE LYRE MOUSIKĒ AND ARCHAIC GREEK SOCIETY LYRE AND FLUTE APOLLO LEADER OF THE MUSES THE PAEAN DIVINE POETS AND INSPIRED MEN PYTHAGORAS AND SHAMANISM APOLLO CITHAROEDUS SUMMARY

3 ORACULAR APOLLO

APOLLO’S DIVINATION THE HISTORY OF THE THREE MAJOR ORACLES OF APOLLO

Fame and decline of Delphi Clarus and Didyma

METHODS OF DIVINATION THE PROPHETS OF APOLLO

The Pythia Clarus and Didyma Clarus Didyma

OTHER PROPHETS: CASSANDRA, HELENUS, THE SIBYL

Cassandra The Sibyl

SUMMARY

4 APOLLO, GOD OF HEALING

GODS AND EPIDEMICS APOLLO (AND) PAEON/PAEAN OTHER FORMS OF HEALING APOLLO FROM GREECE TO ITALY

Ap(u)lu among the Etruscans Roman Apollo Medicus

A HEALER AMONG BARBARIANS APOLLO AVERTER OF EVIL APOLLO AND ASCLEPIUS

Myths and sanctuaries of Asclepius Rituals of Asclepius

CONCEPTS OF HEALING SUMMARY

5 APOLLO, THE YOUNG, AND THE CITY

THE YOUNG GOD AND THE YOUNG MEN, 1: CUTTING ONE’S HAIR THE YOUNG GOD AND THE YOUNG MEN, 2: A HAPLESS LOVER GROUPS AND INSTITUTIONS ANCESTRAL APOLLO APOLLO DELPHINIOS MOLPOI AND CURETES APOLLO, INITIATION, AND “MÄNNERBUND” ARCHAIC INSTITUTIONS IN IONIA AND CRETE SPARTAN FESTIVALS AND THE ADOLESCENTS

Dancing naked: the Gymnopaidia Apollo the Ram and the Carneia

WOLF-APOLLO, THE DORIAN INVASION, AND THE EARLY CITY APOLLO THE HERDSMAN AND TRICKY FRAMES OF REFERENCE APOLLO THE LEADER THROUGH THE AGES SUMMARY

6 ORIGINS

THE QUEST FOR ORIGINS APOLLO’S PREHISTORIES

Apollo and the Hittites Apollo and the Dorian assembly

MYCENAEAN ANTECEDENTS NEAR EASTERN INFLUENCES SUMMARY

APOLLO AFTERWARDS

7 APOLLO’S FLOURISHING AFTERMATH

LATE ANTIQUE ALLEGORY AND OTHER LEARNED INTERPRETATIONS APOLLO THE SUN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE INTERPRETERS THE DAWN OF MODERN SCHOLARSHIP APOLLO, GOD OF POETRY APOLLO AND DIONYSUS APOLLO, ART, AND ARCHAEOLOGY SUMMARY

EPILOGUE FURTHER READING

CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3

Delphi Clarus and Didyma

CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7

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