Victory Odes · Character

Phoebus

Epithet for Apollo, often invoked as the harper god of poetry.

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Also known as Phoebus Harper - King

First appearance: victory odes

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In VIII For Alkimedon of Aegina: God Apollo, who interprets the dragon portent and foretells Troy's fall. Later, in I For Hiero of…

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The emotional and psychological peak occurs in the revelation that the flute’s music—celebrated as Midas’s vic…

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VIII For Alkimedon of Aegina
God Apollo, who interprets the dragon portent and foretells Troy's fall.
I For Hiero of Syracuse
God of music and prophecy, associated with the lyre and the Muses.
V For Arkesilas of Kyrene
Alternate name for Apollo; associated with the golden sword and the Pythian songs of victory.
VII For Megakles of Athens
Addressed as Phoebus Harper-King, associated with the Pythian shrine and the Alkmaionidae's dedications.
VIII For Aristomenes of Aegina
Apollo, who granted victory to Aristomenes and is honored as the god of the Pythian Games.
IX For Chromius of Etna
Honored at Sikyon where the victory wreaths were twined in his name.
VII For Strepsiades of Thebes
Invoked as Loxias, giver of glory from Pytho's contests.

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