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From spring to fall, Apollo dwells in his place, then he moves north to the land of the Hyperboreans. Apollo must move north as the spirit of the sun, while the physical sun moves south. And we find Apollo associated with music, the playing of the lyre. It represents the expression of the harmony of the three human soul powers. And it is said of a famous man with ears that were too large, King Midas, that Apollo caused him to grow the ears of an ass as punishment for his having decided the musical contest between Apollo and Marsyas in favor of Apollo, because he preferred Marsyas's flute to Apollo's playing of the strings.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"I. The Three Spiritual Precursors of the Mystery of Golgotha","site_heading":null,"date":"1914-03-05","location":null,"word_count":253,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/152/1914-03-05/p012","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:identity","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"Prelude to the Mystery of Golgotha","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA152/English/SOL2024/19140305.html","evidence":"lecture_page_line","publisher_note":"The publisher is inferred from the edition code in this lecture's source URL, not stated by the source page. 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Python, der über den Dämpfen ruht, die aus dem Spalt aufsteigen und den Berg Parnaß umwinden wie eine Schlange, er wird durch Apollo besiegt, und an seine Stelle tritt die Priesterin Pythia, durch deren Mund Apollo seine Weisheit den Griechen offenbart. Von Frühling bis Herbst weilt Apollo in seiner Stätte, dann zieht er nach Norden in das Land der Hyperboräer. Nach Norden muß Apollo ziehen als der Geist der Sonne, während die physische Sonne nach Süden zieht. Und verbunden finden wir mit Apollo die Musik, das Saitenspiel. Es stellt dar den Ausdruck des Zusammenstimmens der drei menschlichen Seelenkräfte. Und von einem berühmten Manne mit zu großen Ohren, dem König Midas, wird gesagt, daß Apollo ihm die Eselsohren wachsen ließ als Strafe dafür, daß Midas beim musischen Wettkampf zwischen Apollo und Marsyas gegen Apollo entschied, weil er Marsyas Flöte dem Saitenspiel Apollos vorzog.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":231,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/152/1914-03-05/p012"}],"english":["GA 152/1914-03-05/p012"],"method":"identity","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":231,"en_words":253,"ratio":1.1,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"verified","verified":true,"evidence":["length","meaning","anchors","audit"]},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.12,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":2840,"original_word_count":2531,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"Prelude to the Mystery of Golgotha","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA152/English/SOL2024/19140305.html","evidence":"lecture_page_line","publisher_note":"The publisher is inferred from the edition code in this lecture's source URL, not stated by the source page. 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