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5728c53d2ca10214002da75c | Who was the adversary of Zeus in the titanomachy? | Typhon | [
"Apollo\n\nThe earth deity had power over the ghostly world, and it is believed that she was the deity behind the oracle. The older tales mentioned two dragons who were perhaps intentionally conflated. A female dragon named Delphyne (δελφύς, \"womb\"), who is obviously connected with Delphi and Apollo Delphinios, a... |
5728c53d2ca10214002da75d | Who did the narrator confuse with Phyton? | Typhon | [
"Apollo\n\nThe earth deity had power over the ghostly world, and it is believed that she was the deity behind the oracle. The older tales mentioned two dragons who were perhaps intentionally conflated. A female dragon named Delphyne (δελφύς, \"womb\"), who is obviously connected with Delphi and Apollo Delphinios, a... |
5728c53d2ca10214002da75e | Who was represented as a dragon? | Python | [
"Apollo\n\nThe earth deity had power over the ghostly world, and it is believed that she was the deity behind the oracle. The older tales mentioned two dragons who were perhaps intentionally conflated. A female dragon named Delphyne (δελφύς, \"womb\"), who is obviously connected with Delphi and Apollo Delphinios, a... |
5728d04f2ca10214002da890 | Who is Apollo's sister? | Artemis | [
"Apollo\n\nApollo and his sister Artemis can bring death with their arrows. The conception that diseases and death come from invisible shots sent by supernatural beings, or magicians is common in Germanic and Norse mythology. In Greek mythology Artemis was the leader (ἡγεμών, \"hegemon\") of the nymphs, who had sim... |
5728d04f2ca10214002da891 | It was believed that this woman could bring death with her arrows. | Artemis | [
"Apollo\n\nApollo and his sister Artemis can bring death with their arrows. The conception that diseases and death come from invisible shots sent by supernatural beings, or magicians is common in Germanic and Norse mythology. In Greek mythology Artemis was the leader (ἡγεμών, \"hegemon\") of the nymphs, who had sim... |
5728d04f2ca10214002da892 | In Greek mythology, who was the leader of the nymphs? | Artemis | [
"Apollo\n\nApollo and his sister Artemis can bring death with their arrows. The conception that diseases and death come from invisible shots sent by supernatural beings, or magicians is common in Germanic and Norse mythology. In Greek mythology Artemis was the leader (ἡγεμών, \"hegemon\") of the nymphs, who had sim... |
5728d27cff5b5019007da76a | What was the name for "the double-axe men?" | Labryaden | [
"Apollo\n\nIt seems an oracular cult existed in Delphi from the Mycenaean ages. In historical times, the priests of Delphi were called Labryaden, \"the double-axe men\", which indicates Minoan origin. The double-axe, labrys, was the holy symbol of the Cretan labyrinth. The Homeric hymn adds that Apollo appeared as ... |
5728d27cff5b5019007da76b | What is another name for the double-axe? | labrys | [
"Apollo\n\nIt seems an oracular cult existed in Delphi from the Mycenaean ages. In historical times, the priests of Delphi were called Labryaden, \"the double-axe men\", which indicates Minoan origin. The double-axe, labrys, was the holy symbol of the Cretan labyrinth. The Homeric hymn adds that Apollo appeared as ... |
5728d27cff5b5019007da76c | Who was the Minoan "Mistres of the animals?" | Britomartis | [
"Apollo\n\nIt seems an oracular cult existed in Delphi from the Mycenaean ages. In historical times, the priests of Delphi were called Labryaden, \"the double-axe men\", which indicates Minoan origin. The double-axe, labrys, was the holy symbol of the Cretan labyrinth. The Homeric hymn adds that Apollo appeared as ... |
5728d27cff5b5019007da76d | Who was Apollo's sister? | Artemis | [
"Apollo\n\nIt seems an oracular cult existed in Delphi from the Mycenaean ages. In historical times, the priests of Delphi were called Labryaden, \"the double-axe men\", which indicates Minoan origin. The double-axe, labrys, was the holy symbol of the Cretan labyrinth. The Homeric hymn adds that Apollo appeared as ... |
5728d3393acd2414000dff73 | Who did scholars beieve carried on the rituals in a consistent procedure? | Pythia | [
"Apollo\n\nThe old oracles in Delphi seem to be connected with a local tradition of the priesthood, and there is not clear evidence that a kind of inspiration-prophecy existed in the temple. This led some scholars to the conclusion that Pythia carried on the rituals in a consistent procedure through many centuries,... |
5728d3393acd2414000dff74 | Who is a mythical seeress of Anatoian origin? | Sibyl | [
"Apollo\n\nThe old oracles in Delphi seem to be connected with a local tradition of the priesthood, and there is not clear evidence that a kind of inspiration-prophecy existed in the temple. This led some scholars to the conclusion that Pythia carried on the rituals in a consistent procedure through many centuries,... |
5728d3393acd2414000dff75 | What Greek tradition seems to be confirmed by recent studies? | existence of vapours and chewing of laurel-leaves | [
"Apollo\n\nThe old oracles in Delphi seem to be connected with a local tradition of the priesthood, and there is not clear evidence that a kind of inspiration-prophecy existed in the temple. This led some scholars to the conclusion that Pythia carried on the rituals in a consistent procedure through many centuries,... |
5728d3982ca10214002da8b8 | Who describes Delphi and Dodona as frenzied women? | Plato | [
"Apollo\n\nPlato describes the priestesses of Delphi and Dodona as frenzied women, obsessed by \"mania\" (μανία, \"frenzy\"), a Greek word he connected with mantis (μάντις, \"prophet\"). Frenzied women like Sibyls from whose lips the god speaks are recorded in the Near East as Mari in the second millennium BC. Alth... |
5728d3982ca10214002da8b9 | What two women were said to be obsessed by "mania?" | Delphi and Dodona | [
"Apollo\n\nPlato describes the priestesses of Delphi and Dodona as frenzied women, obsessed by \"mania\" (μανία, \"frenzy\"), a Greek word he connected with mantis (μάντις, \"prophet\"). Frenzied women like Sibyls from whose lips the god speaks are recorded in the Near East as Mari in the second millennium BC. Alth... |
5728d3982ca10214002da8ba | What Greek word is connected with mantis? | mania | [
"Apollo\n\nPlato describes the priestesses of Delphi and Dodona as frenzied women, obsessed by \"mania\" (μανία, \"frenzy\"), a Greek word he connected with mantis (μάντις, \"prophet\"). Frenzied women like Sibyls from whose lips the god speaks are recorded in the Near East as Mari in the second millennium BC. Alth... |
5728d4442ca10214002da8d1 | What origin was Leto? | Lydian | [
"Apollo\n\nA non-Greek origin of Apollo has long been assumed in scholarship. The name of Apollo's mother Leto has Lydian origin, and she was worshipped on the coasts of Asia Minor. The inspiration oracular cult was probably introduced into Greece from Anatolia, which is the origin of Sibyl, and where existed some ... |
5728d4442ca10214002da8d2 | Where was Leto worshipped? | Asia Minor | [
"Apollo\n\nA non-Greek origin of Apollo has long been assumed in scholarship. The name of Apollo's mother Leto has Lydian origin, and she was worshipped on the coasts of Asia Minor. The inspiration oracular cult was probably introduced into Greece from Anatolia, which is the origin of Sibyl, and where existed some ... |
5728d4442ca10214002da8d3 | What is the origin of Sibyl? | Anatolia | [
"Apollo\n\nA non-Greek origin of Apollo has long been assumed in scholarship. The name of Apollo's mother Leto has Lydian origin, and she was worshipped on the coasts of Asia Minor. The inspiration oracular cult was probably introduced into Greece from Anatolia, which is the origin of Sibyl, and where existed some ... |
5728d5a4ff5b5019007da7ca | Who is the Cretan seer that purified Athen after the pollution brought by the Alcmeonidae? | Epimenides | [
"Apollo\n\nA similar story is mentioned by Plutarch. He writes that the Cretan seer Epimenides purified Athens after the pollution brought by the Alcmeonidae, and that the seer's expertise in sacrifices and reform of funeral practices were of great help to Solon in his reform of the Athenian state. The story indica... |
5728d5a4ff5b5019007da7cb | Who told the story of the Cretan seer Epimenides? | Plutarch | [
"Apollo\n\nA similar story is mentioned by Plutarch. He writes that the Cretan seer Epimenides purified Athens after the pollution brought by the Alcmeonidae, and that the seer's expertise in sacrifices and reform of funeral practices were of great help to Solon in his reform of the Athenian state. The story indica... |
5728d5a4ff5b5019007da7cc | What group was probably heir to the shemanic religions of Asia? | Epimenides | [
"Apollo\n\nA similar story is mentioned by Plutarch. He writes that the Cretan seer Epimenides purified Athens after the pollution brought by the Alcmeonidae, and that the seer's expertise in sacrifices and reform of funeral practices were of great help to Solon in his reform of the Athenian state. The story indica... |
5728d6123acd2414000dffd9 | Who was a tutelary god of Wilusa? | Appaliunas | [
"Apollo\n\nHomer pictures Apollo on the side of the Trojans, fighting against the Achaeans, during the Trojan War. He is pictured as a terrible god, less trusted by the Greeks than other gods. The god seems to be related to Appaliunas, a tutelary god of Wilusa (Troy) in Asia Minor, but the word is not complete. The... |
5728d6123acd2414000dffda | When were Greek festivals celebrated? | at the full moon | [
"Apollo\n\nHomer pictures Apollo on the side of the Trojans, fighting against the Achaeans, during the Trojan War. He is pictured as a terrible god, less trusted by the Greeks than other gods. The god seems to be related to Appaliunas, a tutelary god of Wilusa (Troy) in Asia Minor, but the word is not complete. The... |
5728d6123acd2414000dffdb | When were the feasts of Apollo celebrated? | seventh day of the month | [
"Apollo\n\nHomer pictures Apollo on the side of the Trojans, fighting against the Achaeans, during the Trojan War. He is pictured as a terrible god, less trusted by the Greeks than other gods. The god seems to be related to Appaliunas, a tutelary god of Wilusa (Troy) in Asia Minor, but the word is not complete. The... |
5728d68e3acd2414000dffe9 | What age ran from 1700 to 1200 BCE? | The Late Bronze Age | [
"Apollo\n\nThe Late Bronze Age (from 1700 to 1200 BCE) Hittite and Hurrian Aplu was a god of plague, invoked during plague years. Here we have an apotropaic situation, where a god originally bringing the plague was invoked to end it. Aplu, meaning the son of, was a title given to the god Nergal, who was linked to t... |
5728d68e3acd2414000dffea | Who was a god of plague? | Hittite and Hurrian Aplu | [
"Apollo\n\nThe Late Bronze Age (from 1700 to 1200 BCE) Hittite and Hurrian Aplu was a god of plague, invoked during plague years. Here we have an apotropaic situation, where a god originally bringing the plague was invoked to end it. Aplu, meaning the son of, was a title given to the god Nergal, who was linked to t... |
5728d68e3acd2414000dffeb | What word means "the son of?" | Aplu | [
"Apollo\n\nThe Late Bronze Age (from 1700 to 1200 BCE) Hittite and Hurrian Aplu was a god of plague, invoked during plague years. Here we have an apotropaic situation, where a god originally bringing the plague was invoked to end it. Aplu, meaning the son of, was a title given to the god Nergal, who was linked to t... |
5728d68e3acd2414000dffec | Who is the mouse God? | Apollo Smintheus | [
"Apollo\n\nThe Late Bronze Age (from 1700 to 1200 BCE) Hittite and Hurrian Aplu was a god of plague, invoked during plague years. Here we have an apotropaic situation, where a god originally bringing the plague was invoked to end it. Aplu, meaning the son of, was a title given to the god Nergal, who was linked to t... |
5728d7553acd2414000dfffb | which two cult sites had widespread infuence? | Delos and Delphi | [
"Apollo\n\nUnusually among the Olympic deities, Apollo had two cult sites that had widespread influence: Delos and Delphi. In cult practice, Delian Apollo and Pythian Apollo (the Apollo of Delphi) were so distinct that they might both have shrines in the same locality. Apollo's cult was already fully established wh... |
5728d7553acd2414000dfffc | Who tried to revive the Delphic oracle? | Julian the Apostate | [
"Apollo\n\nUnusually among the Olympic deities, Apollo had two cult sites that had widespread influence: Delos and Delphi. In cult practice, Delian Apollo and Pythian Apollo (the Apollo of Delphi) were so distinct that they might both have shrines in the same locality. Apollo's cult was already fully established wh... |
5728d7553acd2414000dfffd | In what did Apollo confirm that all deities are aspects of servants of an all-encopassing highest deity? | theological oracles | [
"Apollo\n\nUnusually among the Olympic deities, Apollo had two cult sites that had widespread influence: Delos and Delphi. In cult practice, Delian Apollo and Pythian Apollo (the Apollo of Delphi) were so distinct that they might both have shrines in the same locality. Apollo's cult was already fully established wh... |
5728d807ff5b5019007da7fc | What buildings were originally rectangle wood structures? | peripteral temples | [
"Apollo\n\nA lot of temples dedicated to Apollo were built in Greece and in the Greek colonies, and they show the spread of the cult of Apollo, and the evolution of the Greek architecture, which was mostly based on the rightness of form, and on mathematical relations. Some of the earliest temples, especially in Cre... |
5728d807ff5b5019007da7fd | Why did mathematical relations become necessary? | in order to keep the original forms | [
"Apollo\n\nA lot of temples dedicated to Apollo were built in Greece and in the Greek colonies, and they show the spread of the cult of Apollo, and the evolution of the Greek architecture, which was mostly based on the rightness of form, and on mathematical relations. Some of the earliest temples, especially in Cre... |
5728d807ff5b5019007da7fe | Why were the first buildings narrow? | to hold the roof | [
"Apollo\n\nA lot of temples dedicated to Apollo were built in Greece and in the Greek colonies, and they show the spread of the cult of Apollo, and the evolution of the Greek architecture, which was mostly based on the rightness of form, and on mathematical relations. Some of the earliest temples, especially in Cre... |
5728d807ff5b5019007da7ff | Who believed that behind the appearance of things, there was a permanent principle of mathematics? | Pythagoras | [
"Apollo\n\nA lot of temples dedicated to Apollo were built in Greece and in the Greek colonies, and they show the spread of the cult of Apollo, and the evolution of the Greek architecture, which was mostly based on the rightness of form, and on mathematical relations. Some of the earliest temples, especially in Cre... |
5728d9753acd2414000e0025 | Who kidnapped Eileithyia? | Hera | [
"Apollo\n\nIt is also stated that Hera kidnapped Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth, to prevent Leto from going into labor. The other gods tricked Hera into letting her go by offering her a necklace, nine yards (8 m) long, of amber. Mythographers agree that Artemis was born first and then assisted with the birth... |
5728d9753acd2414000e0026 | Who was the goddess of childbirth? | Eileithyia | [
"Apollo\n\nIt is also stated that Hera kidnapped Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth, to prevent Leto from going into labor. The other gods tricked Hera into letting her go by offering her a necklace, nine yards (8 m) long, of amber. Mythographers agree that Artemis was born first and then assisted with the birth... |
5728d9753acd2414000e0027 | How long was the necklace offered to Hera? | nine yards | [
"Apollo\n\nIt is also stated that Hera kidnapped Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth, to prevent Leto from going into labor. The other gods tricked Hera into letting her go by offering her a necklace, nine yards (8 m) long, of amber. Mythographers agree that Artemis was born first and then assisted with the birth... |
5728d9753acd2414000e0028 | What was the necklace made of? | amber | [
"Apollo\n\nIt is also stated that Hera kidnapped Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth, to prevent Leto from going into labor. The other gods tricked Hera into letting her go by offering her a necklace, nine yards (8 m) long, of amber. Mythographers agree that Artemis was born first and then assisted with the birth... |
5728d9753acd2414000e0029 | What was the day of the new moon? | The seventh | [
"Apollo\n\nIt is also stated that Hera kidnapped Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth, to prevent Leto from going into labor. The other gods tricked Hera into letting her go by offering her a necklace, nine yards (8 m) long, of amber. Mythographers agree that Artemis was born first and then assisted with the birth... |
5728da31ff5b5019007da81e | What was the name of the chthonic dragon? | Python | [
"Apollo\n\nFour days after his birth, Apollo killed the chthonic dragon Python, which lived in Delphi beside the Castalian Spring. This was the spring which emitted vapors that caused the oracle at Delphi to give her prophecies. Hera sent the serpent to hunt Leto to her death across the world. To protect his mother... |
5728da31ff5b5019007da81f | which spring emitted vapors that caused the oracle at Delphi to give her prophecies? | Castalian Spring | [
"Apollo\n\nFour days after his birth, Apollo killed the chthonic dragon Python, which lived in Delphi beside the Castalian Spring. This was the spring which emitted vapors that caused the oracle at Delphi to give her prophecies. Hera sent the serpent to hunt Leto to her death across the world. To protect his mother... |
5728da31ff5b5019007da820 | Who was Apollo's mother? | Leto | [
"Apollo\n\nFour days after his birth, Apollo killed the chthonic dragon Python, which lived in Delphi beside the Castalian Spring. This was the spring which emitted vapors that caused the oracle at Delphi to give her prophecies. Hera sent the serpent to hunt Leto to her death across the world. To protect his mother... |
5728da31ff5b5019007da821 | Where did Apollo kill Python? | the sacred cave at Delphi. Apollo | [
"Apollo\n\nFour days after his birth, Apollo killed the chthonic dragon Python, which lived in Delphi beside the Castalian Spring. This was the spring which emitted vapors that caused the oracle at Delphi to give her prophecies. Hera sent the serpent to hunt Leto to her death across the world. To protect his mother... |
5728da31ff5b5019007da822 | Who was a parent of Python? | Gaia | [
"Apollo\n\nFour days after his birth, Apollo killed the chthonic dragon Python, which lived in Delphi beside the Castalian Spring. This was the spring which emitted vapors that caused the oracle at Delphi to give her prophecies. Hera sent the serpent to hunt Leto to her death across the world. To protect his mother... |
5728dac8ff5b5019007da828 | Who is Apollo's son? | Asclepius | [
"Apollo\n\nWhen Zeus struck down Apollo's son Asclepius with a lightning bolt for resurrecting Hippolytus from the dead (transgressing Themis by stealing Hades's subjects), Apollo in revenge killed the Cyclopes, who had fashioned the bolt for Zeus. Apollo would have been banished to Tartarus forever for this, but w... |
5728dac8ff5b5019007da829 | Why did Zeus strike down Asclepius with a lightning bolt? | for resurrecting Hippolytus from the dead | [
"Apollo\n\nWhen Zeus struck down Apollo's son Asclepius with a lightning bolt for resurrecting Hippolytus from the dead (transgressing Themis by stealing Hades's subjects), Apollo in revenge killed the Cyclopes, who had fashioned the bolt for Zeus. Apollo would have been banished to Tartarus forever for this, but w... |
5728dac8ff5b5019007da82b | How long was Apollo sentenced for killing Cyclopes? | one year of hard labor | [
"Apollo\n\nWhen Zeus struck down Apollo's son Asclepius with a lightning bolt for resurrecting Hippolytus from the dead (transgressing Themis by stealing Hades's subjects), Apollo in revenge killed the Cyclopes, who had fashioned the bolt for Zeus. Apollo would have been banished to Tartarus forever for this, but w... |
5728db272ca10214002da9b8 | Who was the daughter of Peneus? | Daphne | [
"Apollo\n\nDaphne was a nymph, daughter of the river god Peneus, who had scorned Apollo. The myth explains the connection of Apollo with δάφνη (daphnē), the laurel whose leaves his priestess employed at Delphi. In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Phoebus Apollo chaffs Cupid for toying with a weapon more suited to a man, where... |
5728db272ca10214002da9b9 | Who is Daphne's father? | Peneus | [
"Apollo\n\nDaphne was a nymph, daughter of the river god Peneus, who had scorned Apollo. The myth explains the connection of Apollo with δάφνη (daphnē), the laurel whose leaves his priestess employed at Delphi. In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Phoebus Apollo chaffs Cupid for toying with a weapon more suited to a man, where... |
5728db272ca10214002da9ba | Who shot Daphne with a leaden arrow? | Cupid | [
"Apollo\n\nDaphne was a nymph, daughter of the river god Peneus, who had scorned Apollo. The myth explains the connection of Apollo with δάφνη (daphnē), the laurel whose leaves his priestess employed at Delphi. In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Phoebus Apollo chaffs Cupid for toying with a weapon more suited to a man, where... |
5728db98ff5b5019007da83a | Who was Leucothea's mother? | Orchamus | [
"Apollo\n\nLeucothea was daughter of Orchamus and sister of Clytia. She fell in love with Apollo who disguised himself as Leucothea's mother to gain entrance to her chambers. Clytia, jealous of her sister because she wanted Apollo for herself, told Orchamus the truth, betraying her sister's trust and confidence in ... |
5728db98ff5b5019007da83b | Who is Leucothea's sister? | Clytia | [
"Apollo\n\nLeucothea was daughter of Orchamus and sister of Clytia. She fell in love with Apollo who disguised himself as Leucothea's mother to gain entrance to her chambers. Clytia, jealous of her sister because she wanted Apollo for herself, told Orchamus the truth, betraying her sister's trust and confidence in ... |
5728db98ff5b5019007da83c | Who did Leucothea fall in love with? | Leucothea | [
"Apollo\n\nLeucothea was daughter of Orchamus and sister of Clytia. She fell in love with Apollo who disguised himself as Leucothea's mother to gain entrance to her chambers. Clytia, jealous of her sister because she wanted Apollo for herself, told Orchamus the truth, betraying her sister's trust and confidence in ... |
5728db98ff5b5019007da83d | Who ordered Leucothea to be buried alive? | Orchamus | [
"Apollo\n\nLeucothea was daughter of Orchamus and sister of Clytia. She fell in love with Apollo who disguised himself as Leucothea's mother to gain entrance to her chambers. Clytia, jealous of her sister because she wanted Apollo for herself, told Orchamus the truth, betraying her sister's trust and confidence in ... |
5728dc28ff5b5019007da856 | Who was the daughter of Phlegyas? | Coronis | [
"Apollo\n\nCoronis, was daughter of Phlegyas, King of the Lapiths. Pregnant with Asclepius, Coronis fell in love with Ischys, son of Elatus. A crow informed Apollo of the affair. When first informed he disbelieved the crow and turned all crows black (where they were previously white) as a punishment for spreading u... |
5728dc28ff5b5019007da857 | Who owas King of the Lapiths? | Phlegyas | [
"Apollo\n\nCoronis, was daughter of Phlegyas, King of the Lapiths. Pregnant with Asclepius, Coronis fell in love with Ischys, son of Elatus. A crow informed Apollo of the affair. When first informed he disbelieved the crow and turned all crows black (where they were previously white) as a punishment for spreading u... |
5728dc28ff5b5019007da858 | How was Apollo informed of the affair between Coronis and Ischys? | A crow | [
"Apollo\n\nCoronis, was daughter of Phlegyas, King of the Lapiths. Pregnant with Asclepius, Coronis fell in love with Ischys, son of Elatus. A crow informed Apollo of the affair. When first informed he disbelieved the crow and turned all crows black (where they were previously white) as a punishment for spreading u... |
5728dc28ff5b5019007da859 | Who was the son of Elatus? | Ischys | [
"Apollo\n\nCoronis, was daughter of Phlegyas, King of the Lapiths. Pregnant with Asclepius, Coronis fell in love with Ischys, son of Elatus. A crow informed Apollo of the affair. When first informed he disbelieved the crow and turned all crows black (where they were previously white) as a punishment for spreading u... |
5728dd723acd2414000e00a3 | Who was one of Apollo's male lovers? | Hyacinthus | [
"Apollo\n\nHyacinth or Hyacinthus was one of Apollo's male lovers. He was a Spartan prince, beautiful and athletic. The pair was practicing throwing the discus when a discus thrown by Apollo was blown off course by the jealous Zephyrus and struck Hyacinthus in the head, killing him instantly. Apollo is said to be f... |
5728dd723acd2414000e00a4 | What hit Hyacinthus in the head, killing him? | discus | [
"Apollo\n\nHyacinth or Hyacinthus was one of Apollo's male lovers. He was a Spartan prince, beautiful and athletic. The pair was practicing throwing the discus when a discus thrown by Apollo was blown off course by the jealous Zephyrus and struck Hyacinthus in the head, killing him instantly. Apollo is said to be f... |
5728dd723acd2414000e00a5 | Who blew the discus off course, killing Hyacinthus? | Zephyrus | [
"Apollo\n\nHyacinth or Hyacinthus was one of Apollo's male lovers. He was a Spartan prince, beautiful and athletic. The pair was practicing throwing the discus when a discus thrown by Apollo was blown off course by the jealous Zephyrus and struck Hyacinthus in the head, killing him instantly. Apollo is said to be f... |
5728dd723acd2414000e00a6 | What item did Apollo create and name after his lover? | flower | [
"Apollo\n\nHyacinth or Hyacinthus was one of Apollo's male lovers. He was a Spartan prince, beautiful and athletic. The pair was practicing throwing the discus when a discus thrown by Apollo was blown off course by the jealous Zephyrus and struck Hyacinthus in the head, killing him instantly. Apollo is said to be f... |
5728dea13acd2414000e00c7 | Who argued about whether the matricide was justified? | Apollo and the Furies | [
"Apollo\n\nApollo and the Furies argue about whether the matricide was justified; Apollo holds that the bond of marriage is sacred and Orestes was avenging his father, whereas the Erinyes say that the bond of blood between mother and son is more meaningful than the bond of marriage. They invade his temple, and he s... |
5728dea13acd2414000e00c8 | Who says the bond of blood between mother and son is more meaningfu than the bond of marriage? | Erinyes | [
"Apollo\n\nApollo and the Furies argue about whether the matricide was justified; Apollo holds that the bond of marriage is sacred and Orestes was avenging his father, whereas the Erinyes say that the bond of blood between mother and son is more meaningful than the bond of marriage. They invade his temple, and he s... |
5728dea13acd2414000e00c9 | Who holds that the bond of marriage is sacred? | Apollo | [
"Apollo\n\nApollo and the Furies argue about whether the matricide was justified; Apollo holds that the bond of marriage is sacred and Orestes was avenging his father, whereas the Erinyes say that the bond of blood between mother and son is more meaningful than the bond of marriage. They invade his temple, and he s... |
5728dea13acd2414000e00ca | Who was accused of matricide? | Orestes | [
"Apollo\n\nApollo and the Furies argue about whether the matricide was justified; Apollo holds that the bond of marriage is sacred and Orestes was avenging his father, whereas the Erinyes say that the bond of blood between mother and son is more meaningful than the bond of marriage. They invade his temple, and he s... |
5728df1b2ca10214002da9f6 | Who challenged Apollo to a trial of skill? | Pan | [
"Apollo\n\nOnce Pan had the audacity to compare his music with that of Apollo, and to challenge Apollo, the god of the kithara, to a trial of skill. Tmolus, the mountain-god, was chosen to umpire. Pan blew on his pipes, and with his rustic melody gave great satisfaction to himself and his faithful follower, Midas, ... |
5728df1b2ca10214002da9f7 | Who was a faithful follower of Pan? | Midas | [
"Apollo\n\nOnce Pan had the audacity to compare his music with that of Apollo, and to challenge Apollo, the god of the kithara, to a trial of skill. Tmolus, the mountain-god, was chosen to umpire. Pan blew on his pipes, and with his rustic melody gave great satisfaction to himself and his faithful follower, Midas, ... |
5728df1b2ca10214002da9f8 | Who was the mountain-god? | Tmolus | [
"Apollo\n\nOnce Pan had the audacity to compare his music with that of Apollo, and to challenge Apollo, the god of the kithara, to a trial of skill. Tmolus, the mountain-god, was chosen to umpire. Pan blew on his pipes, and with his rustic melody gave great satisfaction to himself and his faithful follower, Midas, ... |
5728df1b2ca10214002da9f9 | Who was chosen as umpire of the trial of skill? | Tmolus | [
"Apollo\n\nOnce Pan had the audacity to compare his music with that of Apollo, and to challenge Apollo, the god of the kithara, to a trial of skill. Tmolus, the mountain-god, was chosen to umpire. Pan blew on his pipes, and with his rustic melody gave great satisfaction to himself and his faithful follower, Midas, ... |
5728df9aff5b5019007da89c | What instrument did Apolo play? | lyre | [
"Apollo\n\nAfter they each performed, both were deemed equal until Apollo decreed they play and sing at the same time. As Apollo played the lyre, this was easy to do. Marsyas could not do this, as he only knew how to use the flute and could not sing at the same time. Apollo was declared the winner because of this. ... |
5728df9aff5b5019007da89d | What instrument did Marsyas know how to play? | flute | [
"Apollo\n\nAfter they each performed, both were deemed equal until Apollo decreed they play and sing at the same time. As Apollo played the lyre, this was easy to do. Marsyas could not do this, as he only knew how to use the flute and could not sing at the same time. Apollo was declared the winner because of this. ... |
5728df9aff5b5019007da89e | Who could not sing at the same time he played the flute? | Marsyas | [
"Apollo\n\nAfter they each performed, both were deemed equal until Apollo decreed they play and sing at the same time. As Apollo played the lyre, this was easy to do. Marsyas could not do this, as he only knew how to use the flute and could not sing at the same time. Apollo was declared the winner because of this. ... |
5728df9aff5b5019007da89f | What is said to have turned into the river Marsyas? | Marsyas' blood | [
"Apollo\n\nAfter they each performed, both were deemed equal until Apollo decreed they play and sing at the same time. As Apollo played the lyre, this was easy to do. Marsyas could not do this, as he only knew how to use the flute and could not sing at the same time. Apollo was declared the winner because of this. ... |
5728e0433acd2414000e00e3 | Where was Apollo's first temple at Rome established? | Flaminian fields | [
"Apollo\n\nOn the occasion of a pestilence in the 430s BCE, Apollo's first temple at Rome was established in the Flaminian fields, replacing an older cult site there known as the \"Apollinare\". During the Second Punic War in 212 BCE, the Ludi Apollinares (\"Apollonian Games\") were instituted in his honor, on the ... |
5728e0433acd2414000e00e4 | When was the Second Punic war? | 212 BCE | [
"Apollo\n\nOn the occasion of a pestilence in the 430s BCE, Apollo's first temple at Rome was established in the Flaminian fields, replacing an older cult site there known as the \"Apollinare\". During the Second Punic War in 212 BCE, the Ludi Apollinares (\"Apollonian Games\") were instituted in his honor, on the ... |
5728e0433acd2414000e00e5 | What is another name for the Ludi Apollinares? | Apollonian Games | [
"Apollo\n\nOn the occasion of a pestilence in the 430s BCE, Apollo's first temple at Rome was established in the Flaminian fields, replacing an older cult site there known as the \"Apollinare\". During the Second Punic War in 212 BCE, the Ludi Apollinares (\"Apollonian Games\") were instituted in his honor, on the ... |
5728e15c4b864d1900164ffa | Who was god of colonization? | Apollo | [
"Apollo\n\nAs god of colonization, Apollo gave oracular guidance on colonies, especially during the height of colonization, 750–550 BCE. According to Greek tradition, he helped Cretan or Arcadian colonists found the city of Troy. However, this story may reflect a cultural influence which had the reverse direction: ... |
5728e15c4b864d1900164ffb | When was the height of colonization? | 750–550 BCE | [
"Apollo\n\nAs god of colonization, Apollo gave oracular guidance on colonies, especially during the height of colonization, 750–550 BCE. According to Greek tradition, he helped Cretan or Arcadian colonists found the city of Troy. However, this story may reflect a cultural influence which had the reverse direction: ... |
5728e15c4b864d1900164ffc | What does Lykegenes mean? | born in Lycia | [
"Apollo\n\nAs god of colonization, Apollo gave oracular guidance on colonies, especially during the height of colonization, 750–550 BCE. According to Greek tradition, he helped Cretan or Arcadian colonists found the city of Troy. However, this story may reflect a cultural influence which had the reverse direction: ... |
5728e29f3acd2414000e0117 | Who was the god of wine? | Dionysus | [
"Apollo\n\nIn literary contexts, Apollo represents harmony, order, and reason—characteristics contrasted with those of Dionysus, god of wine, who represents ecstasy and disorder. The contrast between the roles of these gods is reflected in the adjectives Apollonian and Dionysian. However, the Greeks thought of the ... |
5728e29f3acd2414000e0118 | In literary contexts, who represents harmony, order and reason? | Apollo | [
"Apollo\n\nIn literary contexts, Apollo represents harmony, order, and reason—characteristics contrasted with those of Dionysus, god of wine, who represents ecstasy and disorder. The contrast between the roles of these gods is reflected in the adjectives Apollonian and Dionysian. However, the Greeks thought of the ... |
5728e29f3acd2414000e0119 | Where did Apollo go in winter? | Hyperborea | [
"Apollo\n\nIn literary contexts, Apollo represents harmony, order, and reason—characteristics contrasted with those of Dionysus, god of wine, who represents ecstasy and disorder. The contrast between the roles of these gods is reflected in the adjectives Apollonian and Dionysian. However, the Greeks thought of the ... |
5728e52d2ca10214002daa54 | Whose masterpieces are a mixture of naturallism with stylization? | Praxiteles | [
"Apollo\n\nThe evolution of the Greek sculpture can be observed in his depictions from the almost static formal Kouros type in early archaic period, to the representation of motion in a relative harmonious whole in late archaic period. In classical Greece the emphasis is not given to the illusive imaginative realit... |
5728e52d2ca10214002daa55 | In whose depictions can the evolution of Greek sculpture be observed? | Praxiteles | [
"Apollo\n\nThe evolution of the Greek sculpture can be observed in his depictions from the almost static formal Kouros type in early archaic period, to the representation of motion in a relative harmonious whole in late archaic period. In classical Greece the emphasis is not given to the illusive imaginative realit... |
5728e52d2ca10214002daa56 | Who seems to be released from any art and religious conformities? | Praxiteles | [
"Apollo\n\nThe evolution of the Greek sculpture can be observed in his depictions from the almost static formal Kouros type in early archaic period, to the representation of motion in a relative harmonious whole in late archaic period. In classical Greece the emphasis is not given to the illusive imaginative realit... |
5728e66b4b864d190016505a | Who asserted that a divine reason gave order to the seeds of the universe? | Anaxagoras | [
"Apollo\n\nIn classical Greece, Anaxagoras asserted that a divine reason (mind) gave order to the seeds of the universe, and Plato extended the Greek belief of ideal forms to his metaphysical theory of forms (ideai, \"ideas\"). The forms on earth are imperfect duplicates of the intellectual celestial ideas. The Gre... |
5728e66b4b864d190016505b | Who extended the Greek beilef of idea forms to his metaphysical theory of forms? | Plato | [
"Apollo\n\nIn classical Greece, Anaxagoras asserted that a divine reason (mind) gave order to the seeds of the universe, and Plato extended the Greek belief of ideal forms to his metaphysical theory of forms (ideai, \"ideas\"). The forms on earth are imperfect duplicates of the intellectual celestial ideas. The Gre... |
5728e66b4b864d190016505c | What is one Greek word that has the same root as the word idea? | eidos | [
"Apollo\n\nIn classical Greece, Anaxagoras asserted that a divine reason (mind) gave order to the seeds of the universe, and Plato extended the Greek belief of ideal forms to his metaphysical theory of forms (ideai, \"ideas\"). The forms on earth are imperfect duplicates of the intellectual celestial ideas. The Gre... |
5728e7143acd2414000e018b | What is the modern term given to those representations of stnding male youths that first appear in the archaic period in Greece? | Kouros | [
"Apollo\n\nKouros (male youth) is the modern term given to those representations of standing male youths which first appear in the archaic period in Greece. This type served certain religious needs and was first proposed for what was previously thought to be depictions of Apollo. The first statues are certainly sti... |
5728e7143acd2414000e018c | What is another word for male youth? | Kouros | [
"Apollo\n\nKouros (male youth) is the modern term given to those representations of standing male youths which first appear in the archaic period in Greece. This type served certain religious needs and was first proposed for what was previously thought to be depictions of Apollo. The first statues are certainly sti... |
5728e7143acd2414000e018d | Who was the immortal god of ideal balance? | Apollo | [
"Apollo\n\nKouros (male youth) is the modern term given to those representations of standing male youths which first appear in the archaic period in Greece. This type served certain religious needs and was first proposed for what was previously thought to be depictions of Apollo. The first statues are certainly sti... |
5728e8813acd2414000e01a5 | The period between 640-580 BC was known as what? | early archaic period | [
"Apollo\n\nIn the first large-scale depictions during the early archaic period (640–580 BC), the artists tried to draw one's attention to look into the interior of the face and the body which were not represented as lifeless masses, but as being full of life. The Greeks maintained, until late in their civilization,... |
5728e8813acd2414000e01a6 | What was the name of the Dipylon master? | Daedalus | [
"Apollo\n\nIn the first large-scale depictions during the early archaic period (640–580 BC), the artists tried to draw one's attention to look into the interior of the face and the body which were not represented as lifeless masses, but as being full of life. The Greeks maintained, until late in their civilization,... |
5728e8813acd2414000e01a7 | Who created the New York kouros? | Daedalus | [
"Apollo\n\nIn the first large-scale depictions during the early archaic period (640–580 BC), the artists tried to draw one's attention to look into the interior of the face and the body which were not represented as lifeless masses, but as being full of life. The Greeks maintained, until late in their civilization,... |
5728e9944b864d190016507e | Who is said to be the builder of the labyrinth? | Daedalus | [
"Apollo\n\nThe animistic idea as the representation of the imaginative reality, is sanctified in the Homeric poems and in Greek myths, in stories of the god Hephaestus (Phaistos) and the mythic Daedalus (the builder of the labyrinth) that made images which moved of their own accord. This kind of art goes back to th... |
5728e9944b864d190016507f | During what period was art's main theme the representation of motion in a specific movement? | Minoan period | [
"Apollo\n\nThe animistic idea as the representation of the imaginative reality, is sanctified in the Homeric poems and in Greek myths, in stories of the god Hephaestus (Phaistos) and the mythic Daedalus (the builder of the labyrinth) that made images which moved of their own accord. This kind of art goes back to th... |
5728e9944b864d1900165080 | These free-standing statues were sometimes rendered from immestone, bronze, ivory and terracotta but were usually made from what material? | marble | [
"Apollo\n\nThe animistic idea as the representation of the imaginative reality, is sanctified in the Homeric poems and in Greek myths, in stories of the god Hephaestus (Phaistos) and the mythic Daedalus (the builder of the labyrinth) that made images which moved of their own accord. This kind of art goes back to th... |
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