Talk:Apollo
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I forgot about Helios. When was Apollo equated with Helios? --Larry Sanger
In standard mythology, Apollo and Dionysius are not brothers; they are half-brothers, but then so are Apollo and Ares, Apollo and Hermes, Apollo and almost half the gods out there. The idea that the two are complementary is not in the mainstream of mythology, and so probably stems from one of the mystery cults, in which case the source should be attributed, since there are often considerable differences in these (e.g. Dionysius and the Titans). Nothing I have ever seen suggests Dionysius has anything to do with Delphi, so that probably should be attributed as well. Besides, I'm interested to know!
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Disambiguation
Why is it necessary to parenthetically disambiguate the god when all the other uses of the term "Apollo" have natural disambiguators? The god doesn't have a natural disambuguator so I say the article on the god should be at Apollo and at the top of that article there should be a disambiguation block. Unless somebody gives me a good reason not to I will do this myself. --mav
- Hmmm, you're right, I hadn't seen that (fixed all links now). However, it was apparently decided earlier that none of the Apollos has preference over the others. In that case, non of the article "deserves" to be here, and we need parens to disambiguate the god as well. We could change all that of course... Jeronimo
- The links you changed aren't that important -- they can as-is for now. BTW, finding natural disambiguators shouldn't cloud judgement -- the previous decision on what to do with this page was made before the idea of disambiguation blocks was developed. Now this page can be both and article and a disambiguation page (the planets are really the only poster children of full disambiguation -- there is no way to naturally disambiguate the gods from the planets and this results in Mars being a full disambiguation page). --mav
- I agree that this page should really be about the god. The space program is never simply called "Apollo" (shouldn't it be Apollo Program, BTW?) while the asteroids are not important enough, let alone the fact that the Greeks called Mercury Apollo and Hermes (of which the latter is Mercury, of course). BTW, we have left out the mars bar at Mars :-) Jeronimo
From [1] (http://www1.fhw.gr/chronos/03/en/culture/religion/540twelvegods.html):
- "The pre-Homeric name of Apollo was Apellon and was related to the institution of annual assemblies called appeles. He was a god representing the vigour of youth and was honored as: Archegetes, Epicourios, Lyceios, Delphinios, Pythios and Musagetes."
What's the "good" spelling: 'Archegetes' or 'Archigetes', 'Lukeios' or 'Lyceios'? Should we mention 'Pythian Apollo' or 'Apollo Pythios'? -- looxix 00:35 Mar 25, 2003 (UTC)
The correct in english is how are written in english...i.e Archegetes, Lycios etc
- While this isn't particularly helpful, it helped me make up my mind and, despite my poor Greek, I'm going to change Lukeios with Lyceios. After all, if anyone is sure about the right way (with diacritics etc), it would always be the best if the Greek version would be added in brackets. (I'm still doubtful about Archegetes, as most people talk about Archimedes, not Archemedes.) --Oop 22:45, Sep 22, 2004 (UTC)
Prophecies
This stuff is boring! I was wondering: does anyone know the answer to this question:
"What significance does Apollo play in prophecies?"
thanks, because my mind just cant and wont concentrate on this stuff!
<3 - 24.24.128.106 22:49, Sep 20, 2004
What significance does apollo play in prophecies?
please help my asap
- Were you unable to find your answer in the article? It's been a while since I've studied Greek mythology, but here's a paragraph that might help:
- "As a young man, Apollo killed the vicious dragon Python, which lived in Delphi beside the Castalian Spring, according to some because Python had attempted to rape Leto while she was pregnant with Apollo and Artemis. This was the spring which emitted vapors that caused the Oracle at Delphi to give her prophesies. Apollo killed Python but had to be punished for it, since Python was a child of Gaia."
- - MattTM 03:17, Sep 21, 2004 (UTC)
Why are there paragraphs describing Apollo's relationships and then a list at the end. Shouldn't the consorts/children be integrated into the paragraphs, and then the list removed? Mat334 19:34, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Suggest 20 possible wiki links and 9 possible backlinks for Apollo.
An automated Wikipedia link suggester has some possible wiki link suggestions for the Apollo article:
- Can link god of the sun: ...imes he became in part confused or equated with [[Helios]], god of the sun, and his sister similarly equated with [[Selene]], goddess ...
- Can link goddess of the moon: ... the sun, and his sister similarly equated with [[Selene]], goddess of the moon in religious contexts. But Apollo and Helios/Sol remained q...
- Can link intellectualism: ...archery]], [[poetry]], [[prophecy]], [[dance]], [[reason]], intellectualism and as the patron defender of herds and flocks. Apollo had... (link to section)
- Can link bows and arrows: ...tributes include: [[swan]]s, [[wolf|wolves]], [[dolphin]]s, bows and arrows, a [[laurel tree|laurel]] crown, the cithara (or [[lyre]]) ... (link to section)
- Can link floating island: ...rma", or the mainland, or any island at sea. She found the floating island of [[Delos]], which was neither mainland nor a real island,... (link to section)
- Can link four pillars: ...y swans. As a gesture of gratitude, Delos was secured with four pillars. The island later became sacred to Apollo. Alternatively,... (link to section)
- Can link wild animals: ... Admetus rode a chariot pulled by lions and boars and other wild animals. Apollo helped Admetus accomplish this, and the pair wed. ... (link to section)
- Can link to die for: ...ir wed. When time came for Admetus to die, Alcestis agreed to die for him. [[Heracles]] intervened and both of the pair were all... (link to section)
- Can link Oracle at Delphi: ...d his cult in Delphi. He also blessed the priestess of the Oracle at Delphi, making it one of the most famous and accurate oracles in G... (link to section)
- Can link the gods themselves: ...ied the Niobids until the ninth day after their death, when the gods themselves entombed them.Apollo is also to have been said to have aide... (link to section)
- Can link buried alive: ...onfidence in her. Enraged, Orchamus ordered Leucothea to be buried alive. Apollo refused to forgive Clytia for betraying his beloved... (link to section)
- Can link fruit trees: ...n named [[Aristaeus]], who became the patron god of cattle, fruit trees, hunting, husbandry and bee-keeping. He was also a culture-...
- Can link bee-keeping: ...e patron god of cattle, fruit trees, hunting, husbandry and bee-keeping. He was also a culture-hero and taught humanity dairy skill...
- Can link culture-hero: ...it trees, hunting, husbandry and bee-keeping. He was also a culture-hero and taught humanity dairy skills and the use of nets and tr...
- Can link half-sister: ... [[Cassandra]], daughter of Hecuba and Priam, and Troilius' half-sister. He promised Cassandra the gift of prophecy to seduce her,... (link to section)
- Can link Greek gods: ...eardless youth himself, had the most male lovers of all the Greek gods, as could be expected from a god who was god of the [[pales... (link to section)
- Can link secret affair: ..., [[Maia]], had been secretly impregnated by [[Zeus]], in a secret affair. Maia wrapped the infant in blankets but Hermes escaped whi... (link to section)
- Can link cave in: ...infant Hermes stole a number of his cows and took them to a cave in the woods near [[Pylos]], covering their tracks. In the cav... (link to section)
- Can link book series: ...r. *Apollo appeared in [[K._A._Applegate|K.A. Applegate's]] book series, [[Everworld]].... (link to section)
- Can link sea monster: ...ring the winter months. Apollo turned [[Cephissus]] into a sea monster.... (link to section)
Additionally, there are some other articles which may be able to linked to this one (also known as "backlinks"):
- In Agis, can backlink temple of Apollo: ...s and the deposition of Cleombrotus, who took refuge at the temple of Apollo at [[Taenarum]] and escaped death only at the entreaty of h...
- In Galatia, can backlink temple of Apollo: ...and was turned back in the nick of time from plundering the temple of Apollo at Delphi. At the same time, another Gaulish group were mig...
- In Monte Cassino, can backlink temple of Apollo: ...ns, the monastery was constructed on an older pagan site, a temple of Apollo that crowned the hill, enclosed by a fortifying wall above ...
- In Corinthian order, can backlink Temple of Apollo: ... The oldest known example of a Corinthian column is in the Temple of Apollo Epicurius at [[Bassae]] in Arcadia, ''ca'' [[450 BCE|450]]&...
- In HMCS Toronto (FFH 333), can backlink APOLLO: ...sible nuclear, biological, and chemical threats. *Operation APOLLO, 2002 - TORONTO re-deploys to the northern Arabian Sea to c...
- In Juno Reactor, can backlink APOLLO: ...AN HOLWECK he became ELECROTETE, releasing 'I LOVE YOU' for APOLLO, the off-shoot of seminal Belgian label R&S Records. The PS...
- In Mount Ida, can backlink temple of Apollo: ...ted to the Hellespontine [[Sibyl]] and was preserved in the temple of Apollo at Gergis. From Gergis the collection passed to Erythrae, w...
- In Denizli, can backlink Temple of Apollo: ...atues depicting mythological figures. The excavation of the Temple of Apollo has revealed that a huge temple was constructed for Apollo ...
- In Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation, can backlink APOLLO: ...ache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation''', or APOLLO, is a project at the [[Apache Point Observatory]] in [[New ...
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Feedback: I like it, I hate it, Please don't link to — LinkBot 11:27, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Project Apollo
Someone should edit this to include a link to Project Apollo, the 1960's US space program.
- Why do we need the info about Appolo space program inserted in the article when there exists a very good article at Project_Apollo. pamri 11:49, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
names
His name is often followed by a second one. Like Musagetes, Archegetes, Delphinios. I think the article could list some of these names, with meanings. It would be useful i think.
I see it already does. Forget what I said :D