Delos: The Nurse of Apollo

Описание: Take a trip with me to Delos, the birthplace of Apollo and one of the most sacred sites in ancient Greece. We’ll cover the myth of Apollo’s birth in the Homeric Hymn #3 to Apollo and Callimachus’ Hymn to Delos, and chat about some of the island’s archaeological material.

Ancient Sources:
Homeric Hymn #3 to Apollo: https://topostext.org/work/356
Homeric Hymn (Greek): https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/...
Callimachus Hymn to Delos (English): https://topostext.org/work/123
Callimachus Hymn to Delos (Greek): https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/...
Strabo Geography: https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/...
Thucydides 3.104: https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/...
Hyginus Fabulae: https://topostext.org/work/206
Pausanias: https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/...

Miscellaneous:
On the conservation issues on Delos: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-...
On the Delian Apollo cult in the Hellenistic period/votive inventories: https://connectedmediterranean.weebly...
UNESCO entry: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/530/
On the archaeological site: https://ancient-greece.org/archaeolog...
On the archaeological museum: https://ancient-greece.org/museums/de...
More on the history of excavations: https://www.efa.gr/delos-historique-d...
Early excavation photos: https://greekreporter.com/2024/08/03/...
Even more photos: https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/...

Chapters:
00:00 Delos
03:54 Birth of Apollo (myth synopsis)
14:55 Analysis
19:20 Archaeology/Delos today

Images from Wikimedia Commons and in the public domain unless otherwise noted. Stock video from Envato Elements.

Theme music: "Descent from the Olympos Pentatonic." (original)

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