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"Who want to be a millionaire?"

Questions and answers:

Yuri Stoyanov and Igor Zolotovitsky

Fireproof amount: 200,000 rubles.

Questions:

1. What fate befell the mansion in the fairy tale of the same name?

2. What does the chorus of the song in Svetlana Druzhinina’s film encourage the midshipmen to do?

3. What button is not found on the remote control of a modern elevator?

4. Which expression means the same as “to walk”?

5. What is stroganina made from?

6. In what mode of operation of the washing machine is centrifugal force especially important?

7. Which phrase from the movie “Aladdin’s Magic Lamp” became the title of the album of the group “AuktYon”?

8. Where do the sailors of a sailing ship take their places at the command “Whistle all up!”?

9. Which of the four portraits in the foyer of the Taganka Theater was added by Lyubimov at the insistence of the district party committee?

10. Which state’s flag is not tricolor?

11. Who can rightfully be called a hereditary sculptor?

12. What is the name of the model of the human body - a visual aid for future doctors?

13. What was inside the first Easter egg made by Carl Faberge?

Right answers:

1. fell apart

2. keep your nose up

3. “Let’s go!”

4. on your own two feet

5. salmon

7. “Everything is calm in Baghdad”

8. on the upper deck

9. Konstantin Stanislavsky

10. Albania

11. Alexandra Rukavishnikova

12. phantom

13. golden chicken

The players did not answer question 13, but took the winnings in the amount of 400,000 rubles.

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Svetlana Zeynalova and Timur Solovyov

Fireproof amount: 200,000 rubles.

Questions:

2. Where, according to the popular phrase, does the road paved with good intentions lead?

3. What is used to sift flour?

4. How to correctly continue Pushkin’s line: “He forced himself to be respected...”?

5. What appeared for the first time in the history of the Confederations Cup this year?

6. In which city is the unfinished Church of the Holy Family located?

7. How does the line of the popular song end: “The leaves were falling, and the snowstorm was chalk...”?

8. What kind of creative work did Arkady Velurov do in the film “Pokrovsky Gate”?

9, the site reports. What is believed to be added by the Crassula plant?

10. What did Parisians see in 1983 thanks to Pierre Cardin?

11. Who killed the huge serpent Python?

12. What title did the 50 Swiss franc note receive at the end of 2016?

13. What do adherents of the cargo cult in Melanesia construct from natural materials?

Right answers:

1. profile

4. I couldn’t think of a better idea.

5. video replays for judges

6. in Barcelona

7. Where have you been?

8. sang verses

10. play “Juno and Avos”

11. Apollo

13. runways

The players were unable to answer question 13 correctly, but left with a fireproof amount.

Nature and tasks of Apollo

When Apollo was three days old, he took the bow and arrows I had given him, went to Delphi and killed Python, the serpent who was pursuing his pregnant mother.

“Look,” I thought with satisfaction, “something has changed in the world.”

Nevertheless, fearing the wrath of the Great Mother, whose servant and guardian of her oracle was Python, I ordered Apollo to build a temple at Delphi and institute games to calm the memories of the monster. After all, running around the stadium reproduces the coils of a snake; the jumper's take-off follows her sinuous movement; a javelin thrower throws his projectile like a snake throws out its sting; The wrestlers, intertwined in the fight, resemble coiled snakes.

However, Apollo immediately showed disobedience, since he no longer tolerated orders at all, and primarily those that came from me. He sent the swans pulling his chariot to the northern countries, to the homeland of his mother. There they recognized him and began to honor him. The long-ago arrival of Hades instilled in the peoples of that region the fear of death; the arrival of Apollo left a certain frenzied thirst for life. The souls of these peoples are still somewhat torn between this and that.

A year later, Apollo returned to Delphi, having nevertheless submitted to me, but he delayed for quite a long time, trying to show that he was acting solely of his own free will. Boyish vanity, you say. My children, at what age do you go through this childishness and how many of you, even old people, waste precious hours pretending to make a decision that is prescribed to them by an order from your superiors?

So, in Delphi, Apollo began to found a temple and institute annual games. But at the same time he appropriated this place for himself and took possession of the oracle. He presented the temple with a golden tripod as a gift. The gift was placed over a chasm through which fetid vapors emanating from the rotting Python rise from the bowels of the Earth. That is why the priestesses who were in charge of the tripod were called Pythia.

Thus, the women remained there, but they no longer uttered their prophecies in the name of any female deity. The prophecies now came from God, who enveloped and intoxicated them with the tart smell of his victory. They writhed and moaned like women in labor, but they were fertilized by the Verb. The words they spoke but did not understand had to be interpreted by the priests.

The arrival of Apollo at Delphi marked the end of female dominance in the announcement of the decrees of the Fates.

It seemed that foremother Gaia had come to terms with this; however, she had not used this place for a long time and ordered it to be protected only thanks to the instinct of ownership. As for Themis, who replaced her, the goddess of justice did not express annoyance. During the time of Cronus, when Themis could not otherwise force the authorities to listen to herself, she used Delphi and made her own predictions there. I promised her when we loved each other that I would return there; so that in some way I kept my promise by appearing in the form of my son.

The word "Delphi" means "womb"; from now on, the place of the oracle began to be called “omphalos”, “navel” - the point through which the child first receives food and then is separated from the mother.

Apollo is the liberator. But is he himself truly liberated? His nature is no less confused and no more satisfied than that of his sister Artemis; he is no less proud and no less cruel than she. And no less beautiful.

Naked to the waist, Apollo seems to be clad in armor; curls fit the head like a helmet; his neck is slender, like a young tree in spring; the face seems to be carved out of light. When Apollo passes, there is no one - neither mortal, nor god, nor child, nor old man, nor virgin, nor great-grandmother - who does not look at him with admiration, envy, desire, jealousy or regret. None of the immortals can compare with his brilliance, and even I, his father, have to agree that next to him I look like a dork.

But this supreme beauty is not enough for Apollo to feel satisfied, just as being the son of a king is not enough. After all, his mother is not a queen.

One might think that Apollo reproaches me for giving birth to him, and secretly despises his mother, who was seduced by me. But as soon as someone laughs at Leto, he flies into a rage and fiercely pursues the culprit. Didn't he, with the help of Artemis, exterminate the twelve children of his cousin Niobe just because she dared to mock his mother?

Apollo and Artemis are the first illegitimate children. Their problems did not arise for my daughters, who were born before the institution of marriage, the purpose of which was to salvage something from the former female superiority. For this reason, a hierarchy in love was established.

Apollo would have liked me to behave differently, or for his mother to be different, or for me to renounce Hera, since he had not forgotten how my wife had done her best to prevent his birth. Finally, Apollo would like the world itself to be different. He turned out to be the new god I needed.

After all, this hero with a birth trauma in his soul cannot be satisfied with simply existing; he needs to assert himself, to achieve recognition. It seems to him that he won the place that I gave him among the main Olympians for himself.

Apollo's youth was distrustful and distant. He preferred to tend herds rather than mingle with other gods. The shepherds were his first friends. For them he invented a flute.

Apollo is the god of the arts, rhythms and cadences, beautiful sung words, inspired stories; he is the god of poets and all those dissatisfied with the world or with themselves, who indulge themselves with the illusion that they are creating the world anew, reproducing it in sounds and images according to their own will. And in this way they actually partially change. To define the Universe means to expand it!

With a flute at his lips, leaning against a tree, Apollo dreams of the world and, dreaming of it, he feels himself at the same time Uranus, Cronus and me. I can guess by the sound of his flute when he invents new types of creatures, when he directs the course of the luminaries, when he maims himself or is maimed, when he fights with the titans. Sometimes his song becomes strangely shrill and breaks into jagged rhythms, as if he wants to mingle with the ancestor of all ancestors, the primordial Chaos. Then Apollo returns to simpler melodies, to the babbling of streams, the swaying of grass, the flight of pollen from flower to flower, the breath of night sweeping over ponds.

But in order to display the clarity of things, one must merge with their mystery. The distance from a seer to a poet is negligible. These two voices have the same breath. And there is no real verse unless it contains something of an oracle. Apollo is in charge of both the art of fortune telling and the art of poetry.

He is completely unbearable when he yields to other gods in anything: he is touchy, arrogant, angry, disobedient, and sometimes even insane. How can he not be like that if he has taken on the reckless idea of ​​being everything at once? I love Apollo more than he loves me. I tolerate from him what I would not tolerate from anyone else; I even think that I prefer it to all the others. I not only need him, he captivates me; I love listening to him sing, and often by listening to him I learn to better perceive the world I control.

I gave glory to Apollo, that is, a crown without a scepter, which obliges others to acknowledge him, but not to obey him at all.

Desiring the highest superiority, Apollo, no matter how he is surrounded by honor, extolled, praised, loved, condemns himself to forever see only his own loneliness. He would cease to resemble himself if he ceased to feel his uniqueness.

This, my children, is the best destiny of your illustrious geniuses. Judge now what befalls the unfortunate talents, or better yet, listen to the story of Marsyas.

Despite the fact that Apollo, the son of Zeus and the Titanide Leto, the twin brother of the eternally young Artemis, was a patron of the arts, an oracle and a healer, he also cleansed people who committed murder, knowing from his own experience how difficult this sin is to bear. He killed not only those who really deserved it (for example, the giant serpent Python, who was devastating the surrounding area of ​​Delphi), but also those who aroused his wrath.

For example, after the satyr Marcia defeated him in a musical competition, he tore off his skin, struck the giant Titius, who had insulted Lethe, with arrows, and together with his sister killed all of Niobe’s children when she offended their mother.

It is not surprising that the cult of Apollo was widespread not only in Greece (Didyma, Thermosa, Corinth, Bassa), but also far beyond its borders, for example, Syracuse in Sicily. Unfortunately, little remains of most of the sanctuaries at the moment. For example, the Temple of Apollo in Corinth now displays only seven of the forty-two surviving columns. That they survived is a true miracle, since Corinth was completely destroyed by one of the most brutal generals of ancient Greece, Lucius Mummius in 16 BC. e.

Based on the descriptions of the temples of Apollo that have reached us, we can say with confidence that the sanctuaries dedicated to this god played an important role in the life of ancient society, being not only a temple, but also the center of business and political life. In the architecture of ancient buildings, innovative ideas and changes in styles are clearly visible, which the ancient Greeks boldly brought to life.

For example, the temple at Fermos, built around 640 BC. BC, at first it had wooden columns, which were later replaced by stone pillars. During the construction of this temple, a strip foundation was used for the first time, and there was practically no frieze on the building, since it was at an early stage of formation.

Also, the temple in Syracuse, one of the first buildings of this city, located not in Greece, but on the territory of Sicily, on the island of Ortigia, made its contribution to the development of architecture. It was built in the 6th century. BC e and its construction, like the temple in Fermos, belongs to the early stage of the development of stone construction.

Its columns were low and located too close to each other, the distance between them was unequal, and the building had a slightly elongated shape.

Despite its age, the temple in Syracuse existed for a long time - there was a Byzantine church, a mosque, a Norman temple and even a Spanish barracks. Naturally, this could not but affect the unique architectural monument: at present, only a few walls, a staircase built by Christians and a low foundation 55 by 21 meters have survived from the ancient temple in Syracuse.

The main center of veneration for the ancient Hellenes was the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, which was located 120 km from Athens, 10 km from the coast of the Gulf of Corinth, on the southern slope of Parnassus, at an altitude of 700 m above sea level. m.

The Delphic temple, according to legend, was erected in the place where Apollo killed the son of Hera, the huge serpent Python, who not only devastated the lands, but also oracled through a crack in the rock. The angry Hera was so outraged by the death of her son that she demanded that her husband, Zeus, punish the culprit - he could not help but fulfill the request.

The punishment itself turned out to be specific: Zeus ordered his son to predict people's destinies. It was in Delphi that the main temple was located, where a person could get answers to all his questions. It is interesting that this temple in Greece was not the only one; for those who could not visit the shrine of Apollo here, they could go to Didymachus, where another prophetic temple was located).

Fate was usually predicted by one of the priestesses of the temple, Pythia, so called in memory of the snake killed by Apollo. At first it was a young girl, but after one of them was kidnapped by a pilgrim, a more mature woman began to be chosen for the role of the oracle. At first the priestess made predictions once a year, but after some time the procedure changed - and she began to give prophecies constantly

Before making a prediction, the priestess took a bath, dressed in gold clothes, let down her hair and placed a laurel wreath on her head.

After this, she drank water from the source of Cassotis, chewed a bay leaf and, climbing onto a tripod, under which there was a crevice with intoxicating vapors coming out of it, fell into ecstasy. Plutarch talks about an interesting case when a priestess once dreamed of something, because of which she jumped up from a tripod, ran out of the sanctuary, lost consciousness in the street, and died a few days later.

The pilgrims did not go to the priestess empty-handed, and sacrificed goats. They found out whether the animal was suitable for Apollo using a rather original method: before slaughtering, the goat was doused with cold water, and if it began to tremble, then the victim was acceptable, and God would accept it.

Almost all life in Delos, except for winter, when Apollo left the city and gave way to Dionysus, revolved around the temple, which was the religious and political center. The treasury of the Delian League was kept in the building and meetings of its members were held, as well as people came to the god of arts for inspiration.

To build the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, money was collected throughout the country, and considerable sums were donated by foreign rulers. The opening of the shrine took place around 510 BC. The structure had a rectangular shape (60 x 23 m), and columns surrounded it along the perimeter - six pillars were installed on the facades, fifteen on the sides.

On the eastern pediment the first appearance of Apollo in the city was depicted (he came here not alone, but with his mother and sister): in the center there was a chariot with celestials, and on both sides of it human figures could be seen. On the western side of the building a scene of the battle of the Olympian gods with the giants was depicted.

After the earthquake, it took almost half a century to restore the temple - the new building, the architects of which were Spinphanes of Corinth, Xenodros and Agathon, was restored only in 330 BC. The shrine was built according to the previous plan, so the shape and number of columns in it were preserved.

The room inside the temple was divided into three parts using partitions, and at the end of the central room there was an adyton, where the priestess Pythia prophesied (only priests had the right to enter here, who rhymed the words of the prophetess and conveyed them in poetic form to the questioner). But the marble pediments of the temple changed - on the eastern side Apollo was depicted with the muses, on the western side he was depicted, but with maenads.

In front of the entrance to the temple there was an altar made of white marble 8.5 x 2.2 m. An interesting fact: near this altar, slaves were usually solemnly released, dedicating them to the service of Apollo. A bronze column made in the shape of intertwining snakes was installed here - it was presented to Apollo in honor of the victory over the Persians in 479 (in the 3rd century AD it was transported to Constantinople and placed at the hippodrome, where it can be seen today ).

Shrine in Bassi

The Temple of Apollo in Bassae was erected by the inhabitants of Phigalia in the 5th century. BC. on the western slope of Mount Cotilion, at an altitude exceeding 1 thousand m above sea level. m., thirteen kilometers from the city. And they dedicated it to Apollo Epicurean (Healer, Savior), according to one hypothesis, in gratitude for the fact that he helped them in the war with Sparta, according to another, he did not allow the plague that reigned at that time into the city.

The sanctuary of Apollo was small - 34.3 by 17.6 m, so only 21 columns surrounded it along the perimeter.

Its construction is notable for the fact that the building plan is oriented from north to south, which is uncharacteristic for the temples of ancient Hellas. Researchers explain this by the features of the mountain where it was built, as well as by the fact that it was designed taking into account the old small sanctuary located in that place, which was included in the architectural plan of the building.

The friezes on the outside of the temple, dedicated to the war with the Amazons and centaurs, are interesting: unlike classical sculptural compositions, all proportions are violated here, forms are layered on top of each other, and complex episodes containing several figures at the same time are asymmetrical and angular.

Since the temple of Apollo in Bassae was located quite far from the main Greek cities, it was lost to society for a long time, thanks to which it is one of the few shrines of this god that have been well preserved. The building is the first of the historical and architectural monuments of Greece included in the UNESCO list.

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73. An evil serpent pursues Latona and her children - Apollo and Diana. Death of the serpent Python at the hands of Apollo

Let's remember the Gospels. At the very beginning, after the story of the Nativity of Christ, there follows the story of the persecution of the Infant Jesus by the evil tyrant Herod. King Herod is afraid of competition from Christ, called the King of the Jews, and wants to kill him. However, he fails and the Holy Family flees to Egypt. We should expect that we will now see something similar in the myth of Apollo. Our expectation is completely justified.

Juno, the wife of Zeus-Jupiter, could not forgive Latona that the God Zeus fell in love with her and gave birth to a son, Apollo. “She (Juno) sent Author) to Latona of a MONSTER DRAGON, a creature of the Earth, named Delphius, or Python... Obeying the orders of Juno, PYTHON CONTINUALLY PURSUED THE UNHAPPY GODDESS, WHO FLEED FROM HIM, CLASSING THE CHILDREN TIGHTLY TO HIS CHEST. On an antique vase we see a long snake with its head held high, chasing Latona (see Fig. 1.103 - Author)”, p. 203.

Rice. 1.103. Latona pursued by the serpent Python. In her arms are Apollo and Diana. Drawing from an “antique” vase. Taken from, p. 202, ill. 195.

Most likely, the evil “ancient serpent Python” is a reflection of the gospel evil king Herod, who seeks by all means to destroy the Infant Jesus.

By the way, in the old drawing we cited, Latona Maria is depicted with two babies in her arms. As we have already said, one of the ancient traditions often represented the Virgin Mary with two children, namely Jesus and John the Baptist. In the Roman version, this is the famous “She-Wolf” with two royal infant brothers Romulus and Remus. See our book “Tsarist Rome in the Oka and Volga Interfluves”.

Further, the “ancient” myth reports that young Apollo, while still a boy, kills the evil serpent Python, taking revenge on him for persecuting the goddess Latona. Moreover, we repeat, it is specially emphasized that, “according to the stories of the poets, this event should have happened when Apollo was still a child,” p. 209–210. In Fig. 1.104 shows an ancient engraving showing the slaying of the dragon Python by the young Apollo.

Rice. 1.104. "Apollo kills Python." Etienne Delaunay. Allegedly 1518/19–1583. Warsaw. Folk Museum. Taken from, p. 46.

The Gospels say nothing about the murder of King Herod by Jesus or on Jesus' orders. However, the death of Herod is reported, and this episode immediately follows the story of Herod's persecution of the Christ Child. It is said that Herod, ridiculed by the Magi, became very angry and sent to kill all the babies in Bethlehem under the age of two. The order was carried out. And the very next Bible verse says that HEROD DIES (Matthew 2:16-19). After which the Angel appears to Joseph in Egypt and invites him to return to the land of Israel. Joseph, Mary and Christ return. Thus, in the gospel narrative, the death of Herod immediately follows the scene of his persecution of the Infant Jesus. Some later writers might well have thought that Herod was quickly punished by the gods for his unrighteous acts towards Mary and the child Jesus.

So, under the pen of the “ancient classics”, this gospel story could be slightly refracted and they decided that the evil serpent Python, that is, Herod, was killed almost immediately after his attempts to overtake the young Apollo-Christ and Latona the Virgin. Moreover, they attributed the honor of victory over the “bad serpent” personally to the young Apollo-Christ. They even said that Apollo killed the serpent Python when he was only four days old! They write like this: “At sunset on the FOURTH DAY, he (Apollo - Author) demanded a BOW AND ARROW, which he immediately received from Hephaestus... Apollo headed straight to Mount Parnassus, where his mother’s enemy, the serpent Python, hid, and managed to wound him with arrows... Apollo dared to enter to the sanctuary and dealt with him (with the serpent - Author) on the edge of the sacred abyss”, p. 53.

“Victory of Apollo (over the evil Python - Author) depicted on an antique bas-relief (see Fig. 1.105 - Author), where Nike, the personification of victory, pours a sacred drink to a god holding a lyre in his hand. Behind him stand Diana with a torch and Latona,” p. 211.

Let us recall here that Christ was called “NIKA” and this word - VICTORY - was often written on images of the crucifixion of Christ. So the appearance of Apollo-Christ next to Nike-Christ is quite natural and understandable.

Thus, a very clear correspondence is revealed between the story of young Apollo and the Baby Jesus.

But it’s too early for us to part with this plot. It turns out that the motive for the death of the evil pursuer of Christ-Apollo is clearly heard in the stories about the fate of the Roman procurator Pontius Pilate. Let us remember that Pilate condemned Jesus and sent him to execution. Although Pilate himself did not see any guilt in Christ, he showed cowardice and submitted to the persistent demands of the Jews to crucify Jesus. The Gospels do not say a word about the further fate of Pilate. However, other Christian documents pay great attention to this. It turns out that there was a strong medieval tradition according to which PILATE WAS EXECUTED, and executed precisely “because of Jesus.” Here is a brief summary of how it happened, according to the retelling of the Slavic manuscript “Pilate’s Ascension.”

“Having read Pilate’s report, Caesar Tiberius orders him to come to Rome. There, in the Capitoline sanctuary, in the presence of the entire Senate, the interrogation of the deposed governor takes place: for what reason did he crucify an innocent man who had performed so many wonders and signs? Pilate justifies himself by saying that he was forced to yield to the Jews. Enraged, Tiberius sends the military commander Lycian to Jerusalem... to punish the lawless Jews, and COMMANDS PILATE TO CUT OFF THE HEAD. Before execution, Pilate, already a Christian at heart, raises his eyes to heaven and, turning to Jesus, says...

Rice. 1.105. “Ancient” bas-relief: Apollo, Diana and Latona in front of the goddess Nike, see right. Taken from, p. 211, ill. 205.

Pilate's severed head is picked up by an angel and carried to heaven. Seeing this, Pilate’s wife Proclus gives up the ghost, and she is buried with her husband,” p. 450.

It is very likely that this Christian plot gave rise to the “ancient classics” to depict Apollo-Christ as an avenger killing his evil pursuer - the serpent. Here, in the image of the “serpent,” both King Herod and Pontius Pilate merged. And also, it is possible that Judas Iscariot, who also died “because of Christ” and was also guilty of the death of Jesus, contributed to the image of the serpent. Then Judas repented and hanged himself, according to some versions, and according to other sources, he was killed.

In addition, let us express one more consideration. It is possible that the victory of Apollo-Christ over the serpent Python absorbed the stories about the victory of Zeus-Christ over the serpent Typhon. The names of “both” serpents – Typhon and Python – are quite close. At the same time, the victory of Zeus over Typhon is a reflection of the Battle of Kulikovo in 1380. See the Appendix to this book for details. And in the book “The Conquest of America by Ermak-Cortes and the Rebellion of the Reformation through the Eyes of the “Ancient” Greeks” we showed that chroniclers sometimes confused the Baptism of Rus'-Horde at the end of the 12th century, given by Andronicus-Christ himself, and the Baptism of the Great Empire at the end of the 14th century, given Dmitry Donskoy = Constantine the Great. Therefore, the victory of Apostolic Christianity in the Battle of Kulikovo in 1380 could sometimes be interpreted as the victory of Jesus-Zeus-Apollo over the dragon Python or Typhon.

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Delphi - the center of the universe

The sun sees everything that happens before humanity, because it illuminates everything with its rays; This is why Apollo foresees the future and predicts it for people. The gift of prediction is one of Apollo's main qualities.

The oracle that uttered Apollo's predictions to mortals was located in the temple of Apollo in the ancient Greek city of Delphi. In antiquity, the city of Delphi was considered the center of the earth, because, as one Greek myth says, Zeus once released two doves from two opposite ends of the universe, and these doves met in Delphi.

Apollo - winner of Python

The Delphic oracle first belonged to the earth goddess Gaia, who ordered her son, the serpent Python, to guard it, which is why the city of Delphi was sometimes called Pitho by the ancient Greeks.

The god Apollo killed the monster Python, who had once pursued his mother (the goddess Latona). Apollo was the first to try his deadly arrows on him. According to the ancient Greek poets, the sun god defeated Python while still a child, but, without a doubt, the growth of the gods is subject to different laws than the growth of mere mortals, because sculptors, depicting the victory of Apollo over Python, represented Apollo as a young man who had reached full development.

This is how Apollo is depicted in one of the greatest works of art of the ancient world - on the statue known as Apollo Belvedere. It was found at the end of the 15th century and purchased by Pope Julius II, who placed it in the Belvedere Gardens. Now the statue of Apollo Belvedere is in the Vatican Museum. Since this statue became famous to this day, it has never ceased to excite the delight and admiration of artists and art connoisseurs.

Delphic Oracle and Fate (Fate)

Having defeated Python, the god Apollo and the choir of Delphic maidens sang the victory song for the first time - paean.

Then, having removed the skin from the dragon Python, the god Apollo wrapped it around the tripod on which she was sitting. Pythia- a priestess who conveyed the answers of the oracle.

This oracle was considered the most important in Greece; a simple accident discovered the site of the Delphic oracle. The goats, wandering along the slopes of Parnassus, came to a hole in the ground from which vapors rose; they had such a strong effect on the goats that they immediately began to have convulsions. The shepherds who came running felt the effect of these fumes on themselves: they were seized by some kind of frenzy, during which they emitted piercing screams and prophesied.

A wooden tripod, carved, decorated with gold, was placed over this hole, and the prophesied priestess Pythia was placed on it. The Pythia ascended the tripod after various ablutions and purifications, dressed in long robes, and, excited by the vapors emerging from the ground, uttered prophecies, which were transmitted by the priests in poetic form. These sayings of the Pythia were mysterious and intricate; they were mostly given in symbolic form.

Subsequently, when a philosopher asked why the god of poetry Apollo uttered his prophecies in such bad verse, the oracle began to convey them in prose.

The belief that the Delphic oracle could accurately predict the future contributed to the even stronger development in the ancient world of belief in the predestination of fate, or fate, and that nothing could save a person from the fate once destined for him by the oracle, no matter what attempts he made to get rid of it. This belief in predestination is most clearly expressed in the ancient Greek myth of Oedipus.

Oedipus

The Theban king Laius, having ascended the throne, turned to the Delphic oracle, begging Apollo to grant him a son. Apollo answered him that even if Laius did not want to have children, and if Laius did have a son, then King Laius would die by his hand, and a terrible misfortune would befall his entire family.

When did Laius have a son? Oedipus, Laius, remembering the oracle's prediction, gave the baby Oedipus to the shepherds, having previously tied and pierced Oedipus's legs, and ordered him to be taken and left on the top of Mount Cithaeron, dedicated to the Erinyes ().

Neighboring shepherds found the child and took Oedipus to the childless king Polybus and his wife Merope (Medusa). They began to raise Oedipus as a son, and Oedipus considered them his parents.

The beautiful statue by Chaudet in the Louvre depicts the shepherd Phorbas feeding Oedipus.

When Oedipus grew from a child into a young man, one day at a feast he heard one of those present call him a foundling. Then Oedipus began to question Polybus and Merope, but they did not want to reveal to him the secrets of his origin, and Oedipus decided to turn to the Delphic oracle, asking Apollo to name his father. But the god Apollo also did not reveal his origin to Oedipus, but predicted to him that Oedipus would kill his own father and marry his own mother, have children from her and thus become the founder of an unfortunate and criminal family.

Frightened by this prediction, Oedipus did not dare to return to those whom he continued to consider his parents, hoping that in this way he would avoid the predetermination of fate.

Oedipus went to Thebes. On the way, in one narrow passage, Oedipus met the chariot of his real father, King Laius, unknown to him. The driver, who was driving the chariot horses, loudly and boldly orders Oedipus to get off the road, but Oedipus does not obey this order, and a fight breaks out between them, in which Laius also takes part. Oedipus kills King Laius and thus becomes, unsuspectingly, the murderer of his father.

Only one of the slaves who accompanied the unfortunate king of Theban escaped death; this was the same shepherd who was once tasked with carrying Oedipus to the top of Cithaeron. He returned to Thebes and, ashamed to admit that they were defeated by one man, said that robbers attacked them and killed the king.

Riddle of the Sphinx

The Thebans had no time to search for and pursue the murderers of King Laius: terrible Sphinx, the son of Echidna and Typhon, by order of Ares, who had been insulted by the Thebans, settled on a rock near the road, asked riddles to all passers-by and killed all those who could not solve them.

Oedipus solves the riddle of the Sphinx. Drawing of an image on the bottom of an ancient Greek vase.

Many people have already died in this way, horror has gripped the entire country, all the inhabitants of the city have dressed in mourning clothes. Then Creon, the brother of Queen Jocasta and the ruler of the kingdom after the death of Laius, announced that he would give the throne and the hand of the widowed queen to the one who would rid the country of the Sphinx.

Oedipus appears, and the monster Sphinx asks him the following riddle: “What animal is this that walks in the morning on four legs, at noon on two, and in the evening on three?” “This is a man,” Oedipus answered him, “in childhood he crawls on all fours, then walks on two legs, and in old age he leans on a stick - this is his third leg.”

The defeated Sphinx threw himself from a cliff into the sea and disappeared forever. We must assume that this ancient Greek mythological Sphinx is, as it were, a memory of the Egyptian Sphinx, although art depicts it in a completely different form.

On coins, the Sphinx appears in the form of a winged lioness with the head and breasts of a woman.

One antique cameo depicts the Sphinx sitting on a rock; Oedipus stands before him, answering his questions; human bones scattered around eloquently remind us of what awaited the unfortunate ones who did not solve the riddles of the Sphinx.

Among the newest artists, Ingres painted a wonderful picture on this topic.

Soothsayer Tiresias

Oedipus thus became the Theban king and the husband of his mother; From this marriage four children are born.

Several years of Oedipus' happy reign pass. The people, seeing in Oedipus a wise and kind king, love and honor him. But the gods cannot leave crimes unpunished; They had already allowed the parricide to occupy the throne of his father for too long. Punishing Apollo sends pestilence and famine to the country; the people turn to Oedipus, who saved him from the Sphinx, asking him to save him from these troubles.

The chief priest of the temple of Zeus, on behalf of all the people, begs Oedipus to save everyone, he says: “You see, crowds surround your palace; look, here are children who can barely stand on their feet, here are elders bent under the yoke of age, and blooming youth. The rest of your people, carrying olive branches in their hands, went to the temples of Pallas Athena and Apollo to beg for mercy, because a storm had fallen on our city, and it was flooded with a sea of ​​​​blood. Death strikes the embryos of fruits in the depths of the earth, it strikes herds and destroys children in the womb. The terrible and hostile deity Plague devastates our country and destroys the people, and the gloomy Pluto is enriched by our tears and groans. You, having saved us with the help of the gods from the cruel Sphinx, have since become our protector; We still beg you, Oedipus, save us from all these troubles” (ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles).

Oedipus, wanting to know why the gods punished the Thebans in this way, sent to ask the Delphic oracle about this, who replied that misfortunes and troubles would stop only when they expelled the murderer of King Laius from their country.

Having received such an answer, Oedipus immediately began to look everywhere for the killer, horrified at the thought that one person could bring so many disasters to the country.

Oedipus issued the following command: “Whoever this man may be, I forbid every inhabitant of the country where I reign to receive him, to speak with him, to allow him to make sacred sacrifices, to give him purifying water. Let everyone drive him out of their homes, for he is the scourge of the country, - so the oracle of the god revered at Delphi commanded me, and by doing this, I obey God and avenge the death of the king. I curse the secret criminal, and let him drag out his miserable life as an exile far from his homeland” (Sophocles).

All searches were, however, in vain. Then King Oedipus sends for the blind soothsayer Tiresias, who has the gift of understanding even the voices of birds. But Tiresias hesitates to reveal the truth to the king, despite Oedipus’ threats.

Oedipus, recalling the murder of an unfamiliar old man he committed on the road to Thebes, begins to suspect that he himself is the murderer of Laius. Oedipus calls on the slave who escaped, begins to interrogate him and learns the terrible truth, as well as his origin.

Jocasta hears the slave's words. Seized with horror, Jocasta hurries to her chambers and kills herself. Oedipus, having learned about this, goes to Jocasta, takes off her gold buckles and gouges out his eyes with them. The sons of Oedipus, Eteocles and Polyneices, wanting to seize the throne, drive away the unfortunate blind man, who, deprived of everything, even the means of food, goes with his daughter Antigone, who did not leave Oedipus in misfortune, to seek shelter in a foreign country.

Oedipus and Antigone

Antigone touchingly cares for her blind father. Antigone is the only support for Oedipus in exile, and the name Antigone is even today synonymous with children's love.

Oedipus finally finds refuge with Theseus, the king of Athens, and a terrible enmity flares up between Eteocles and Polyneices. Each of them wants to take over their father's throne. In order to put an end to these strife, Eteocles and Polyneices turned to the Delphic oracle, who replied that the throne of Thebes would remain with the one who returned the exiled Oedipus to the country.

The sons immediately sent for Oedipus, begging him to return, but Oedipus answered them as follows: “My sons could once have helped me, but they did not, and I had to wander as a beggar and an exile. My daughters, as far as the weakness inherent in their sex allows them, provide me with food and surround me with their care. My sons chose to expel me and take over the throne. I will never return to them; let them not count on this, and never peacefully possess the kingdom of Cadmus. May the gods never stop the strife of those who allowed their father to be expelled without protecting him” (Sophocles).

Oedipus cursed his sons and died in Attica. According to Pausanias, Oedipus's tomb was located not far from Athens.

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