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Homeric Hymn to Apollo
Anonymous (Homeric hymn)
translation · c. 7th–6th century BCE
Homeric Hymn 3, to Apollo.
These are separate Atlas meetings that cite this source. Citation is not proof.
Hellenic religion
The Homeric Hymn to Apollo tells of the god’s taking of a Delphic seat and of a serpent slain there. The poem is a Greek foundation-story, not Pausanias’s later walk, though they share a slope.
from Anonymous (Homeric hymn) · Homeric Hymn to Apollo, c. 7th–6th century BCE
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Athena is connected to Delphi.
Athena is not Delphi’s owner; Apollo is. The two cults share a Greek world without sharing a priesthood.
from Anonymous (Homeric hymn) · Homeric Hymn to Apollo, c. 7th–6th century BCE; Walter Burkert · Greek Religion, 1977 German; 1985 English
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Hymn appears in Hellenic religion.
The Homeric Hymns are named hexameter hymns of praise to Greek gods. A named Hellenic hymn genre in that corpus, not psalm as biblical song-class and not chant alone.
from Anonymous (Homeric hymn) · Homeric Hymn to Apollo, c. 7th–6th century BCE
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Invocation appears in Hellenic religion.
The Homeric Hymn to Apollo opens by calling the god into the song. A named Hellenic invocation speech in that hymn, not hymn as the praise-genre alone and not curse.
from Anonymous (Homeric hymn) · Homeric Hymn to Apollo, c. 7th–6th century BCE
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Dragon slayer appears in Hellenic religion.
The Homeric Hymn to Apollo narrates Apollo’s killing of the Delphic dragon (Python) before the foundation of the oracle. A named dragon-slaying episode in that hymn, not Marduk’s Tiamat combat and not every later Saint George dump.
from Anonymous (Homeric hymn) · Homeric Hymn to Apollo, c. 7th–6th century BCE
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