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- Title
THOUGHTS ON THE SYMBOLISM AND ORIGIN OF APOLLO'S FIGHT AGAINST THE PYTHIAN SNAKE.
- Authors
JAGIEŁŁO, MIESZEK
- Abstract
The following paper deals with the mythological story about Apollo's fight against a she-snake at Pytho, where he eventually builds a sanctuary - the Delphic Oracle. First, it is attempted to decipher the terms Pytho, Delphi and Omphalos. A symbolism revolving around an underlying theme of birth is considered. Then, the stories about Apollo and about Kadmos, as well as a motif in Pherecydes' theogony, and the Anatolian Illuyanka Myth are being presented as subjects of a comparative analysis. This leads to the proposal that all four narratives have a common origin in Western Anatolia or Pre-Greek Hellas.
- Subjects
GREECE; SYMBOLISM; SNAKES; NAVEL; CONTENT analysis; COMPARATIVE studies; SNAKEBITES
- Publication
Classica Cracoviensia, 2021, Vol 24, p27
- ISSN
1505-8913
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12797/CC.24.2021.24.02