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Apollo

Greek god of healing, light, music, plague and the Sun


By: Αντονιο Φρειρια και Νομαρ Ρωσσε


Apollo is a many-talented Greek god of prophecy, music, intellectualpursuits, healing, plague, and sometimes, the sun. Writers often contrast the cerebral, beardless young Apollo with his half-brother, the hedonistic Dionysus, god of wine. Leto (Latona) and Zeus (Jupiter) arethe parents of the versatile god Apollo and his twin sister Artemis(Diana), the virgin hunter. There were 2 main sites to honor him:
1. Delphi site of the famous oracle and 2. Delos, hisbirthplace.
Roman Equivalent:
Apollo
Unlike most of the Olympian gods, there was no special Latin variant of his name, so the Romans also called him Apollo.
Phoebus Apollo
Sometimes the Romansreferred to him as Phoebus, either alone or combined, as in Phoebus Apollo.
Sol
As sun god, he was also called by the Latin word for sun, Sol.
Apollo's Attributes, Animals, and Powers Although oftenassociated with the sun, Apollo was not originally a sun god. In Homer, he is god of prophecy and plagues. He is also a warrior in the Trojan War. [Gods in the Iliad shows which side the gods favored.]He is the god of music, playing a golden lyre. The Archer, far shooting with a silver bow. The god of healing who taught man medicine. The god of light. The god of truth, who cannot speak a lie. Oneof Apollo's more important daily tasks is to harness his chariot with four horses an drive the Sun across the sky. He is famous for his oracle at Delphi. People travel to it from all over the Greekworld to divine the future. His tree was the laurel. The crow his bird. The dolphin his animal.
Apollo's Mates Apollo mated with many women and a few men.It wasn't safe to resist his advances. When the seer Cassandra rejected him, he punished her by making it impossible for people to believe her prophecies. When Daphne sought to reject Apollo, her...