082 - The Leader of the Muses

In this episode, we discuss the myths, iconography, and cultic worship of Apollo, the god of music, poetry, prophecy, truth, healing, medicine, plague, light, and knowledge, who served as a kind of symbol for young Greek boys to emulate

Primary Sources:

Text/Homeric Hymn to Apollo

Supplementary Resources (Videos, Photos, Other Podcasts)

Video/Apollo, God of Light and Music (Mythology Short Stories)

Video/The Birth of Artemis and Apollo (Monarchs Factory)

 

Video/Delos - Birthplace of Apollo and Artemis

Photo/General View of Delos

Photo/Mount Cynthus at Delos

Photo/Archaic Statue Group of Lions at Delos

Photo/Pen-and-Wash Restoration of Temple of Apollo at Delos

Photo/Ruins of Temple of Apollo Smintheus at Chryse

Photo/Columns of Temple of Apollo Epikourios at Bassae

Video/Aristaeus the Apiarian (Monarchs Factory)

 

Photo/Corinthian Vase Painting of Herakles and Pholos

Photo/Vase Painting of Herakles and Pholos

Photo/Vase Painting of Chiron, Peleus, Thetis, and a Nereid

Photo/Vase Painting on Lekythos of Chiron and Achilles

Photo/Etruscan Vase Painting of Chiron and Achilles

Photo/Roman Fresco of Chiron Instructing a Young Achilles (from Herculaneum)

Photo/Roman Sarcophagus of Chiron and Achilles

Video/Daphne and Hyacinthus (Monarchs Factory)

Photo/Renaissance Statue of Apollo and Daphne

Video/Hyacinthus (Overly Sarcastic Productions)

Photo/Vase Painting of Zephyr and Hyakinthos

Photo/Vase Painting of Hyacinthus Meeting Apollo in a Biga Drawn by Swans

Photo/Statue of a Kouros

Photo/The "Piraeus Apollo"

Photo/Apollo from West Pediment at Olympia

Photo/Apollo of the Belvedere (Roman Copy of Greek Original)

Photo/Roman Statue of Apollo Seated with a Lyre

Photo/Vase Painting of a Muse Reading a Scroll

Photo/Roman Sarcophagus of the Nine Muses and their Attributes

Photo/Roman Statue of Erato

Photo/Roman Statue of Melpomene

Photo/Roman Statue of Polyhymnia

Photo/Roman Statue of Terpsichore

Photo/Roman Statue of Thalia

Photo/Roman Statue of Urania

Photo/Bust of Helios

Photo/Relief of Helios Riding his Chariot on Temple of Athena at Ilion

Photo/Roman Mosaic of Solar Apollo with the Halo of Helios

Photo/Roman Sarcophagus of the Fall of Phaethon

Photo/Vase Painting of Eos in her Chariot

Photo/Vase Painting of Eos and Memnon (her deceased son)

Video/Prokris and Cephalus (Monarchs Factory)

Recommended Podcast Episodes:

***History Hack - The Island of Delos

***Myths and Legends - Greek Myths: Fatherhood

***Myths and Legends - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Olympus
***MythTake - Helios
***MythTake - Homeric Hymn to Apollo (Part 1)
***MythTake - Homeric Hymn to Apollo (Part 2)
***MythTake - Homeric Hymn to Apollo (Part 3)