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Apollo
~ APOLLO or APOLO APOLLON point to APOLOGY APOLOGIZE
^u id+ | DIVINE TRUTH or ENLIGHTENMENT |
id+ | "I SEE" calls for an APOLOGY to APOLLO |
id+ | DEITY OF HARMONY thus MUSIC and MEDICINE |
id+ | APOLLO HARMONIZED SCIENCE WITH ARTS |
id+ | emblem of THE "GOLDEN MEAN" or MODERATION |
maxim> "KNOW THYSELF" sug> ENLIGHTEN
"DO NOT EXCEED" sug> DELIGHT
"THE MEAN IS BEST"
id+ | LIGHT TRUTH nor APOLLO imply KINDNESS |
maxim> "TRUTH MAY DESTROY"
"TRUTH CAN BLIND"
id+ | APOLLO AS THE FATHER OF AESCULAPIUS
IS THE GRANDFATHER OF MEDICINE |
maxim> "HEALTH IS HARMONY" and "HARMONY HEALS"
myth> hx> APOLLO IS A COMPLEX or COMPOUND DEITY WITH
ORIENTAL DORIAN and NORDIC ROOTS
the former tradition expressed in DELOS sug> DELIA
the later expressed in DELPHI sug> PHILADELPHIA
note etym> landscape form old Doric roots
APELLA = or in Hittite
APULUNAS or
APELLON for the DEITY APOLLO
note implications in
gr APOLLYNAI or
APOLLON or
OLLYNAI THE ONE THAT MAY DESTROY
lat APPELANDUS TO NAME or TO NOTE or SEE
sp APELLAR TO CALL TO APPEAL
APELLIDO SURNAME
skt SAVITA SUN GOD
eng SAVVY CLEVER
ukr OSVITA EDUCATION
lat VITA VITAL or LIFE
sp SABIO WISE
SABER TO KNOW
note numerous APOLLO titles or APPELATIONS
the most popular include
LYKIOS see> LUX see> LIGHT
see> ANUBIS sug> SUN GOD
see> PHOEBUS for "SHINING" or
PHOIBUS for "MENTAL LIGHT"
sug> HYPERION myth> father of
sug> HELIOS for "PHYSICAL LIGHT"
sug> HELIUS SUN see> SOL
see> OSIRIS myth> DEITY OF ENLIGHTENMENT
see> PYTHIAN see> PYTHON
myth> APOLLO WAS THE SON OF ZEUS & LETONA or LETO
WHO WAS PERSECUTED BY HERA and
SAVED BY POSEIDON WHO CREATED
DELOS or "BRIGHT" or ILLUMINATED ISLAND
WHERE LATONA or LETO DELIVERED FRATERNAL TWINS
APOLLO AND HIS SISTER see> ARTEMIS or see> DIANA
APOLLO REPRESENTS A DUAL GOD
A DUALITY REFLECTED IN HIS NAMES
PHOEBOS APOLLO as in MENTAL "LIGHT" and
HELIOS TO DENOTE PHYSICAL "LIGHT"
sug> SUN or SOL
note APOLLO THOUGHT HIS MORTAL SON
AESCULAPIUS or ESCULAPIUS or
ESCULAPIO MEDICAL SCIENCES AND ARTS
WHEN ESCULAPIUS CURED
MANY DESTINED TO DIE
THIS UNDERMINED THE ROLE OF THE UNDERWORLD
PLUTO or URANUS APPEALED TO ZEUS WHO
KILLED ESCULAPIUS
APOLLO RESENTED THE ACT FIERCELY
AND IN A RAGE KILLED THE CYCLOPS
WHO POWERED THE FORGES OF VULCAN
FOR THIS ACT
APOLLO WAS EXILED FROM THE HEAVENS TO EARTH
AND BECAME A SHEPARD FOR KING
see> ADMETOS and his wife see> ALCESTIS
{a beautiful story of love and devotion}
WHEN see> HERMES or see> MERCURY
STOLE CATTLE FROM HIM
THE CRIME ATONED BY A PRESENT TO APOLLO
OF A LYRA or LYRE WHICH APOLLO PERFECTED
INTO A SEVEN STRING MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
FORERUNNER OF THE LIRA and GHITAR or GUITAR
THE SOUND OF THIS INSTRUMENT
MOVED BEASTS TO BE TAME AND
INDUCED ROCKS TO MOVE AND
BECOME THE WALLS OF TROY
ONCE WHEN RESTING NEAR THE
CASTALIA FOUNTAIN ON MOUNT PARNASUS
WHERE ROAMED THE MAGIC HORSE see> PEGASUS
APOLLO HIS NINE HALF SISTERS
THE DAUGHTERS OF ZEUS {JUPITER} AND
MNEMOSINA see> MEMORY
JOINTLY WITH THE NINE MUSES see> MUSIC
APOLLO MADE EARTH A HAPPY PLACE
see> CALIOPE who excelled in sug> POETRY
sug> MELPOMENE sug> TRAGEDY
sug> TALIA sug> COMEDY
sug> POLIMNIA sug> RHETORIC
see> ERATO sug> LYRICISM
sug> EUTERPE sug> SONG
sug> URANIA sug> ASTRONOMY
sug> CLIO sug> HISTORY
sug> TERPSICHORE sug> DANCE
lit+ AN APOLOGY BY APOLLO SAVED ORESTES
hx> THE ROMAN EMPEROR NERO [#] STOLE 500 STATUES
FROM DELPHI TO DECORATE HIS ROMAN "GOLDEN HOUSE"
UNDER EMPEROR HADRIAN [#]
IMPERIAL SUPPORT FOR GREECE AND DELPHI
REACHED ITS SUMMIT
THE LAST ORACULAR RESPONSE WAS GIVEN TO
EMPEROR JULIAN [#] IN 363 AD WHO WAS
A PHILOSOPHER HATED BY CHRISTIANS WHO
DUBBED HIM AS APOSTATE
BEFORE 400 AC EMPEROR THEODOSIUS [#]
CLOSED THE SANCTUARY and see> ZEALOT
EMPEROR ARCADIUS [#] DEMOLISHED THE SITE
TO STIFLE THE HUMANISM REPRESENTED BY
THE IDEALS LINKED WITH APOLLO
med> AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL LIGHT
APOLLO DESTROYED IGNORANCE
BY SHEDDING LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE OBSCURE FACTS
note APOLLO REPRESENTED
THE HIGHEST PROTOTYPE OF
MASCULINE BEAUTY BUT
FEMALES OFTEN REJECTED HIM see> DAPHNE
note APOLLO or APOLLON WAS AN ORACULAR GOD implying
A LINKAGE TO ORACLES WHO WERE EMPOWERED TO
THROW LIGHT OR TO ILLUMINATE
THE ALLEYWAYS OF THE FUTURE
cont> in addenda see> ~& APOLLO
symb> THE PRINCIPAL SYMBOL OF APOLLO WAS THE LYRE AND
A LARGE NUMBER OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS incl
LAUREL BAY LEAF WOLF SWAN VULTURE
CROW RAVEN STAG DOLPHIN
biol> note spider or arach APOLLOPHANES
art> APOLLO is often shown in ancient mosaics
with a MITHRAIC RADIATING sun like CROWN
ONE OF THE FINEST TEMPLES TO APOLLO WAS AT AMYKLAE
note AT OLYMPIA
THE TEMPLE OF ZEUS CONTAINED A HIS STATUE
from the 5th century BC the trend was to depict
APOLLO or APOLON or APOLLON as a YOUTH
or YOUTHFUL ATHLETE AT THE HEIGHT OF
MASCULINE BEAUTY AND GRACE
CONVEYED BY THE CLASSIC STATUE KNOWN AS
" APOLLO BELVEDERE " at the VATICAN and
likely to be a copy from an original by
the Greek sculptor LEOCARES [#]
note that in many paintings
the symbol of APOLLO was
A BLAZE OF LIGHT or GOLD
similar to the symbols used in
CHRISTIAN ICONOGRAPHY or IKONOGRAPHY
note how IN ART HARMONIOUS or BALANCED may be
described as " APOLLONIAN " and its opp as
" DIONYSIAN " or WILD from
DIONYSIUS or BACCHUS or BACCHANAL
often shown as DRUNKENNESS
note the APOLLO SAUROCTONOS or
LIZARD SLAYER a Roman copy from an original
by PRAXITELES [#]
note PRAXITELEAN meaning SOFT FLESH and SINUOUS POSE
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