Who throws the dice for you?

[Ben Davis]

I see you have a problem with the soundness of certain premises, however begging the question relates to the validity of the syllogism, not its soundness. In premises 1 and 2, the existence of Apollo is contingent, not assumed, so I don't see how either premise is an example of begging the question.

It was the 'only' that negated the contingency and created the assumption. Heywood since removed the 'only' which removed the negation thus the assumption. Til that time, my assessment was accurate (see the IF, THEN, ELSE analogy).