Apollo

The God of Prophecy, Music, Healing, and Divine Order

von Penny Powers

158 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

God of prophecy. Master of the lyre. Healer and bringer of plague. Archer, lawgiver, and bearer of divine truth. Few gods of the ancient world possessed as many faces as Apollo.In this volume of The Divine Pantheons Series, historian Penny Powers explores one of the most influential and complex deities of ancient Greece.Apollo was far more than a god of light. He was the Far-Shooter whose arrows brought death, the healer connected with medicine and purification, the patron of music and poetry, and the divine voice behind the Oracle at Delphi. His influence stretched across myth, religion, politics, art, philosophy, and daily life.Inside this book, readers will discover Apollo's birth on Delos, the slaying of Python, the Pythia and Delphi, the Pythian Games, the sanctuaries of Delos, Didyma, and Claros, his role in the Trojan War, his appearance in Greek tragedy, his transformation under Rome, and his lasting influence on art, philosophy, and Western culture.Drawing on ancient texts, archaeology, religious history, and modern scholarship, Apollo examines not only the myths told about the god, but also what he meant to the people who worshipped him.Written for students, mythology enthusiasts, and general readers, this book offers a scholarly yet accessible portrait of a god who embodied both harmony and destruction, healing and plague, beauty and severity.To understand Apollo is to understand one of the great tensions of Greek religion: light does not always comfort, and truth does not always save.Apollo is part of The Divine Pantheons Series, a collection exploring the gods and goddesses of world religions and mythological traditions through history, worship, primary sources, archaeology, and cultural legacy.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798172590368
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.09.2026
• Größe: 254 x 203 mm
• Verlag: Independently published