Homeric hymn to apollo7/6/2023 The idea of ‘mimesis’ (particularly of the gods) is also pseudo-magical and definitely religious terminology as we will see later when the singers at Delphi use it. To not one but two children who reflect such glory to you:Īpollo, the king, and Artemis, who-rains-down-arrows. That his chosen and proper place is here Īnd that he has proudly accepted his titles:Īll the divinities are in their seats andīecause she has given birth to son who reflects such glory to her –through these clear and conspicuous signs. He had accepted it directly, in front of all,įrom the very hands of his kingly father. He had been shown to it directly, in front of all, the throne at the right hand of the father– [ Picture the moment accomplished once and many times, hangs from a golden peg:ĭisplayed proudly in a place of the highest honour Taken, each time, into the authority of her gentle hands Īll was settled by his mother’s - by Leto’s - hands then, as it has always been. Who smiles-at-the-thunderous-clash-of-the-oncoming-storm.
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