Apollo

<p>Fritz Graf here presents a survey of a god once thought of as the most powerful of gods, and capable of great wrath should he be crossed: Apollo the sun god.</p><p>From his first attestations in Homer, through the complex question of pre-Homeric Apollo, to the opposition between Apollo and Dionysos in nineteenth and twentieth-century thinking, Graf examines Greek religion and myth to provide a full account of Apollo in the ancient world.</p><p>For students of Greek religion and culture, of myth and legend, and in the fields of art and literature, <em>Apollo</em> will provide an informative and enlightening introduction to this powerful figure from the past.</p> <p><strong>Why Apollo?: </strong>Why Write a Book on a God? <strong>Key Themes</strong> 1. Apollo in Homer 2. Apollo the Musician 3. Oracular Apollo 4. Apollo, God of Healing 5. Apollo, the Young, and the City 6. Origins <strong>Apollo afterwards</strong> Chapter 7.<strong> </strong>Apollo’s Flourishing Aftermath</p>