Greek Mythology

Artemis and Apollo

Artemis: 

A was the goddess of chastity, virginity, the hunt, the moon, and the natural environment.

She was the daughter of and , twin sister of . She was born on the island of Ortygia (Delos), where had found shelter after being hunted by the lawful wife of , . As soon as was born, she helped her mother give birth to her twin brother, thereby becoming the protector of childbirth and labor. She asked her father to grant her eternal chastity and virginity, and never gave in to any potential lovers; devoted to hunting and nature, she rejected marriage and love.

Woah that is actually pretty cool. 

She was the protector of nature and the hunt; both wild and tame animals were under her protection. She also protected the agriculture and animal herding.

Hey at least people would have good animals and agriculture that's a good thing right?

Artemis appeared in a number of . In the myth of , he was a hunting companion of ; at some point, he saw the goddess naked bathing in a spring and tried to rape her. As a punishment, transformed him into a stag and his hounds killed him. In the myth of which has various versions, was also a hunting companion of and the only person to have won her heart. However, he was accidentally killed either by the goddess or by a scorpion which was sent by . In another myth, was one of the followers of and thus she had remained a virgin. , however, changing his form to resemble , managed to seduce and rape her, impregnating her. gave birth to Arcas, but later, she was transformed into a bear either by or . Arcas almost killed his mother, but stopped him and placed in the heavens as a constellation. According to other sources, both Callisto and Arcas were turned into the Ursa Minor and the Ursa Major constellations.

Okay then...........

Artemis Is also called Diana, Diana.

Apollo:

 Apollo was the son of Zeus and Leto, twin brother of Artemis . He was the god of music, and he is often depicted playing a golden lyre. He was also known as the Archer, far shooting with a silver bow; the god of healing, giving the science of medicine to man; the god of light; and the god of truth. One of 's most important daily tasks was to harness his four-horse chariot, in order to move the Sun across the sky.

That's interesting I love music. :)

Apollo was an oracular god, as he was the prophetic deity in the Oracle in . People from all over the known world travelled there to learn what the future held for them, through his priestess Pythia. The god was also worshipped in the island of Delos, which was initially dedicated to his twin sister . In relation to the rituals and practices that took place in Delos and, it could be said that there were two completely distinct cults in honour of .

Cool that's so sweet.

As already mentioned, Apollo was also considered as the god of healing and medicine, either through himself or through his son Asclepius. At the same time, he could also bring forth disease and plague with his arrows; it was considered that a god that can cause disease is also able to prevent it.

Maybe that's how the bubonic plague started lol! Not really where was he when it started though? Probably somewhere moaning around on Mount Olympus. 

He was born on Delos, where his mother seeked refuge;  Hera, having realized that Leto  was impregnated by her husband Zeus, banned Leto from giving birth on land. So, Leto managed to go to Delos, which had recently been formed, and therefore, was not considered a real island yet. The inhabitants of the island, along with Artemis who had been born a day earlier, helped give Leto birth to Apollo, Leto, then promised the Delians that would always favour them for having helped her.

Zeus that is just mean you big ole meany! :P

His holy tree was the laurel, and his holy animal was the dolphin.

Dolphins are so cute!

Apollo Is also called Phoebus, Apollon.