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gingermintpepper · 4 months ago

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When I wake up from my long overdue nap, I'm going to talk about Apollo and Mousike vs Apollo and Music and why it's so, so important that, despite being an accomplished poet and musician - the best of best of the BEST, literally, Apollo's symbol being that of the children's lyre over that of the professional's kithara is so much more meaningful than it might first seem.

#ginger rambles #I was rambling to a friend and realised I wanted to ramble more but didn't want to write an essay in dms #So onto tumblr it will go #No but fr I don't even think people realise there's a difference between lyres and kitharas #Or that Apollo is depicted with both but only one of them is actually his symbol #It means a lot that he was so obsessed with Hermes' offering of the lyre that he immediately forgave him of everything and it's not just #because it was a shiny new instrument unlike anything he'd ever seen #It was because the lyre's simplicity meant Apollo could more easily teach music and poetry to those who did not have the means #or skill for the very demanding kithara #And through the techniques of the lyre they could learn the posture and skillset to play more advanced instruments like the kithara #Which required constant microadjustments and tuning of the frets and balances while a musician played it #Anyway this is an essay for later #Apollo #music #ginger chats about greek myths

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