The Apollonian 2
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Apollo and Diana under an oval, surrounded by Pompeian decoration
By José del Castillo
By José del Castillo
29.04.202516:19
I undertook to conquer myself rather than fortune, and to alter my desires rather than change the order of the world, and to accustom myself to believe that nothing is entirely in our power except our own thoughts.
Here, I think is the secret of those ancient philosophers who were able to free themselves from the tyranny of fortune, or, despite suffering and poverty, to rival the gods in happiness.
Epictetus
Here, I think is the secret of those ancient philosophers who were able to free themselves from the tyranny of fortune, or, despite suffering and poverty, to rival the gods in happiness.
Epictetus
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Apollo, the patron of arts
Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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Temple of Asclepius
Villa Borghese Gardens, Rome.
Villa Borghese Gardens, Rome.
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An antique fresco in Pompeii showing Apollo and Daphne
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Apollo unveils the Artemis Ephesus
Sculpted by Leopold Kiesling
Sculpted by Leopold Kiesling
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Instrumental Music personified as Apollo
By Eugene Guillaume
Outside Palais Garnier, Paris
By Eugene Guillaume
Outside Palais Garnier, Paris
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Apollo Pursuing Daphne
By Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
By Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
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Apollo and the nine Muses on Mount Parnassus
Attributed to Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1758-1823
Attributed to Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1758-1823
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Hail Apollon, singer of the divine word, I give adoration unto you.
02.04.202509:29
Don’t let your imagination be crushed by life as a whole. Don’t try to picture everything bad that could possibly happen. Stick with the situation at hand, and ask, “Why is this so unbearable? Why can’t I endure it?” You’ll be embarrassed to answer. Then remind yourself that past and future have no power over you. Only the present—and even that can be minimized. Just mark off its limits.
Marcus Aurelius,
Marcus Aurelius,
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Apollo Citharoedus of Leptis Magna
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Extended practice of prayer nurtures our intellect, enlarges very greatly our soul’s receptivity to the Gods, reveals to men the life of the Gods, accustoms their eyes to the brightness of divine light, and gradually brings to perfection the capacity of our facilities for contact with the Gods, until it leads us up to the highest level of consciousness [of which we are capable]… And, in a word, it renders those who employ prayers, if we may express it, the familiar consorts of the Gods.
Iamblichus De Mysteriis, V.26, 277
Iamblichus De Mysteriis, V.26, 277
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Hail Apollon, lord of the harmonic art, I give adoration unto you.
22.03.202501:13
Nothing is so useful that it can be of any service in the mere passing. A multitude of books only gets in one’s way. So, if you are unable to read all the books in your possession, you have enough when you have all the books you are able to read. And if you say, ‘But I feel like opening different books at different times’, my answer will be this: tasting one dish after another is the sign of a fussy stomach, and where the foods are dissimilar and diverse in range they lead to contamination of the system, not nutrition. So always read well-tried authors, and if at any moment you find yourself wanting a change from a particular author, go back to the ones you have read before.
Seneca
Seneca
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