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Roman mosaic of Orpheus, the mythical poet to whom the Orphic Hymns were attributed, from Palermo, 2nd century AD [32]. The collection's attribution to the mythical poet Orpheus is found in its title, "Orpheus to Musaeus", [33] which is the heading of the proem (an address from the poet to the legendary author Musaeus of Athens, which precedes the rest of the collection); [34] this address to ...
Prothyraia's means 'at the door' or 'at the door-way', [2] and is used to denote a goddess who presides over the area around the entrance to a building. [3] Prothyraia is an epiclesis of the goddesses Eileithyia, Hecate, and Artemis; [2] Prothyraia is attested as an epithet of Artemis in a 2nd-century AD inscription discovered in Epidaurus. [4]
The Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo is the oldest extant account of Leto's wandering and birth of her children, but it is only concerned with the birth of Apollo, and treats Artemis as an afterthought; in fact the hymn does not even state that Leto's children are twins, and they are given different birthplaces (he in Delos, she in Ortygia). [31]
Orpheus was an augur and seer; he practiced magical arts and astrology, founded cults to Apollo and Dionysus, [27] and prescribed the mystery rites preserved in Orphic texts. Pindar and Apollonius of Rhodes [ 28 ] place Orpheus as the harpist and companion of Jason and the Argonauts .
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F. 3, Diversions (based on Music for Strings) ... F. 116, Hymn to Apollo (1926/1965) F. 117, Introduction and Allegro (1926/1937) F. 123, Music for Strings (1935)
The following year, Apollo released his debut EP, Stereo, in May 2018. After he signed a deal with Warner Records in 2022, Apollo’s debut album, Ivory , was released in April of that year.
According to the Homeric Hymn III to Delian Apollo, Hera detained Eileithyia, who was coming from the Hyperboreans in the far north, to prevent Leto from going into labor with Artemis and Apollo, since the father was her husband Zeus. Hera was jealous of Zeus's affairs and tended to enact revenge upon the women.