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444 From Daimon to Olympian [ch. ix
long and complex chapter. We are at Delphi, and Dionysos the
elder Kouros holds the place. About him are his Maenads and his
Satyrs. He welcomes the younger Kouros with his laurel bough,
grasping him by the hand. Between them stands the holy tree,
for they are both branch-bearers, and beneath them is the
omphalos of Gaia, mother of both.
We have watched Apollo in his transit from earth to heaven.
We have seen that he like Dionysos was an Eniautos-daimon and
a Megistos Kouros. But Apollo, unlike Dionysos, is a genuine,
unmistakable Olympian. Wherein lies the difference ? In a
word, what is it to be an Olympian ? The enquiry will be
attempted in the next chapter.
Apollo of Delos.