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Greek Mythology
nusrat-diu:
Thanks Ansary for going through the topic and also for showing your interest. I've already started a topic on 'The Mahabharata'. It's specially for you.
kulsum:
Nice work Nusrat madam.
It's like soft copy of AD Hamilton's book.
can be a good source of students reading material.
I love the table...you know they are so confusing, also love to have the Greek and Roman names side by side.
UKmiss
nusrat-diu:
Thank you UK Apu for your inspiring note.
nusrat-diu:
Apollo
One of the 12 Olympians of Greek Myth, Apollo is the god of light, youth, beauty, and prophesy. One of Apollo's great deeds was the killing of the serpent Python, the feared beast residing in the hills near Delphi. Apollo came down from Mount Olympus and with his silver bow and golden arrows, he slayed the beast in one shot to save the people of the land. In rememberance of his deed, it's said that Apollo created the Pythian Games, held every four years. Today we have a very similar form of games, the summer olympics. After taking control of the oracle from Python, he bestowed special abilities of prophecy upon one of his priestesses and named her Pythia.
Apollo is also well known for his big mistake in mocking a fellow god. One day he made fun of Eros, saying he had no archery skill and was too small to have much significance. Eros then shot an arrow at Apollo, making him infatuated with the sea nymph Daphne. He then shot another arrow at Daphne which made her unable to love anyone. Apollo continuously persued Daphne until she finally called for help from a river god and she was changed into a laural tree before Apollo could get to her. This is why the laurel is his sacred tree.
Another interesting myth about Apollo is his love for another guy...a mortal by the name of Cyparissus, decendent of Heracles. As a token of his love, Apollo gave to Cyparissus a deer. Cyparissus and the deer were close companions until Cyparissus accidently threw a javelin into the deer, killing it. Cyparissus begged Apollo to let him die and allow his tears to forever fall. With that, Apollo turned him into a tree...a Cypress. The sap of the tree falls like that of tears.
Apollo was the son of Zeus and Leto. He was also the twin brother of Artemis.
Nahid Kaiser:
Was it abduction / Or seduction ?
usually Hollywood film-makers tend to present it as an elopement rather than abduction or seduction!
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