Apollo essay
Pride and Consequences
Heroes, Gods and Monsters, by Bernard Evslin is a combination of stories of gods and nature myths. Many of the problems that occur are about pride and how it affects others negatively. The god
Apollo and his son, Phaethon, express their pride through negative actions, that lead to negative consequences. The sun god, Apollo, often expresses his pride and over confidence toward others. As a child,
Apollo often did many cruel and wanton deeds. Apollo journeyed to Olympus to hunt the Python, and was successful. Apollo killed the Python in the Oracles of Mother Earth, “Knowing that he already violated a shrine, Apollo thought he might as well make his deed as large as possible, and claimed the
Oracles for his own-bidding them to prophesy his name”(p.37). His pride enabled him to have a positive feeling, at the cost of misery of others. Another occasion showing negative pride, is when
Apollo invited a satyr, named Marsyas to a contest, to determine who was the better musician. The winner of the contest could pick a penalty for the loser. Both of them played exquisitely, but Apollo shouted pridefully, “Now you must turn your instrument upside down, and play and sing at the same time. That is the rule. I'll go first”(p.37). Apollo knew that Marsyas was incapable of doing this, while knowing that achieving this would be easy. Marsyas was unable to fulfill the challenge and was declared the loser. Apollo picked a treacherous punishment, flaying Marsyas alive and nailing his skin to a tree. Due to his pride, Apollo is wanting to be the best musician there is, which has negative consequences for everyone in his way.
Phaethon, son of Apollo, shares the similar pride as his father, making it affecting others negatively. One day, Phaethon and Epaphus(son of Zeus) were racing, and they have an argument on
Kumar 2 whose father was better. Unknowingly, Phaethon lies to Epaphus saying that Apollo will let him ride the sun chariot all
Heroes, Gods and Monsters, by Bernard Evslin is a combination of stories of gods and nature myths. Many of the problems that occur are about pride and how it affects others negatively. The god
Apollo and his son, Phaethon, express their pride through negative actions, that lead to negative consequences. The sun god, Apollo, often expresses his pride and over confidence toward others. As a child,
Apollo often did many cruel and wanton deeds. Apollo journeyed to Olympus to hunt the Python, and was successful. Apollo killed the Python in the Oracles of Mother Earth, “Knowing that he already violated a shrine, Apollo thought he might as well make his deed as large as possible, and claimed the
Oracles for his own-bidding them to prophesy his name”(p.37). His pride enabled him to have a positive feeling, at the cost of misery of others. Another occasion showing negative pride, is when
Apollo invited a satyr, named Marsyas to a contest, to determine who was the better musician. The winner of the contest could pick a penalty for the loser. Both of them played exquisitely, but Apollo shouted pridefully, “Now you must turn your instrument upside down, and play and sing at the same time. That is the rule. I'll go first”(p.37). Apollo knew that Marsyas was incapable of doing this, while knowing that achieving this would be easy. Marsyas was unable to fulfill the challenge and was declared the loser. Apollo picked a treacherous punishment, flaying Marsyas alive and nailing his skin to a tree. Due to his pride, Apollo is wanting to be the best musician there is, which has negative consequences for everyone in his way.
Phaethon, son of Apollo, shares the similar pride as his father, making it affecting others negatively. One day, Phaethon and Epaphus(son of Zeus) were racing, and they have an argument on
Kumar 2 whose father was better. Unknowingly, Phaethon lies to Epaphus saying that Apollo will let him ride the sun chariot all