Apollo (Phoebus/Loxias) · Atlas

in the texts

PhoenissaeClassical · Greek

Apollo, called Phoebus or Loxias, god of prophecy whose Delphic oracles to Laius and to Adrastus drive the plot.

From the Tyrian swell of the sea I came, a choice offering for Loxias from the island of Phoenicia, to be a slave to Phoebus in his halls, where he dwells under the snow-swept peaks of Parnassus;

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And I became the handmaid of Phoebus, dedicated like his statues of wrought gold.

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And you, Phoebus, lord of highways, and my home, farewell, and my comrades, and statues of the gods, where sheep are sacrificed.

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ElectraClassical · Greek

The god Apollo, also called Phoebus or Loxias, whose Delphic oracle commanded Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and who is repeatedly blamed for the resulting suffering.

for Loxias will take the blame upon himself, since it was his oracle that advised your mother’s murder.

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Necessity’s fate led to what must be, and unwise speech from the mouth of Phoebus.

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But what Apollo, what sort of oracles, ordained for me to be my mother’s murderer?

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