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Contrasting Apollo & Dionysus
Beginning of Paper
In Greek mythology, Apollo and Dionysus are nearly opposites of one
another, and as with many opposites, life would not operate just quite right
without both of them. They each played a specific role for the Greeks. They had
very different things associated with them.
Apollo was of .... Middle of Paper .... in control
of this. The Oracle at Delphi, mentioned in, but not only in, Sophocles'
Oedipus Rex. The Oracle was there to bestow knowledge from Apollo onto those who
came to it. Another reason people looked to Apollo was to help heal the sick and
the dying, because he is associated with medicine, probably because of his vast
knowledge.
Dionysus, on the other hand, represents the Play side of life. He is the
god of emotions, the god of wine, and also the god of fertility. Some things
attributed to Dionysus are the dithyrambs, or choral hymn ....
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