guide to the gods (theoi),
spirits (daimones),
fabulous creatures (theres)
and heroes of ancient
greek mythology
and religion.
i shall name this project tragedy
like my life
or not.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING ANYMORE SOMEBODY HELP ME PLS
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GREEK NAME Απολλων
TRANSLITERATION Apollôn
LATIN SPELLING Apollo
ROMAN NAME Apollo
APOLLON (Apollo) was the Olympian god of prophecy and oracles, music, song and poetry, archery, healing, plague and disease, and the protection of the young. He was depicted as a handsome, beardless youth with long hair and attributes such as a wreath and branch of laurel, bow and quiver of arrows, raven, and lyre.
M Y T H S
The most famous myths of Apollo include:
His birth on the island of Delos.
The slaying of the serpent Python which guarded the oracular shrine of Delphoi (Delphi).
The slaying of the giant Tityos who attempted to carry off his mother, Leto.
The destruction of the Niobides whose mother had offended Leto with her boasts.
His music contest with the satyr Marsyas, who lost and was flayed alive.
His love for the youth Hyakinthos (Hyacinthus), who was killed by a discus throw and transformed into a flower.
His love for the nymph Daphne, who fled from him and was transformed into a laurel tree.
His love for Koronis (Coronis), who was slain by Artemis for her infidelity.
The murder of the Kyklopes (Cyclopes) who had forged the lightning bolt used to destroy his son Asklepios (Asclepius).
His service as bondsman to the mortal Admetos.
His struggle with Herakles (Heracles) for the Delphic tripod.
The Trojan War in which he brought plague to the Greeks and helped Paris slay Akhilleus (Achilles).
PARENTS zeus and leto GOD OF music, prophecy, healing, archery SYMBOLS lyre, bow SACRED ANIMALS swan, raven SACRED PLANTS laurel, larkspur, cypress RETINUE muses OTHER NAMES phoebus
