Rineke de Jong

Apollo connected the gift of prophecy with the git of the music. The music, which was acceptable to Apollo, had a clean, stilling, and calming force. It calmed down the passion, pain and restlessnes and gave relieve.

So it is vis-à-vis the wilderness, exciting music, which was connected to Dionysus. Tthe flute was the instrument of Dionyssus, while Apollon had the zither (the kithara), which he had received from Hermes in exchange for the herds are stolen from him by god. Originally, only the music was kept under the auspices of Apollon; songs and poetry belonged to the territory of the Muse, but twhen songs and poetry began to speak out and develop, when citers pel and song are connected to each other, it was then that Apollo came in close relation to the Muse and either their fathers or their ringleader (Musagetes). He convinced the Muse on Mount Helicon, to no longer love dancing, but in August dance, to his instructions.