In modern times, Apollo is often called the god of the sun, and the myth of Phaethon is regularly attributed to him. This title is a mistaken association; Helios was the Greek god of the sun and the actual father figure in the Phaethon myth. It is possible that the misrepresentation ...
Apollo had many roles in Greek mythology, including god of the sun, god of the arts (especially music, poetry, and dance), god of medicine, protector of herdsmen and their flocks, and god of prophecy. His oracle at Delphi was the most famous in the world, and his cult spread far ...
MELIA An Okeanid-nymph who was abducted from the home of her father to Thebes by the god Apollon. Her brother Kaanthos was sent to retrieve her and after burning down the temple of Apollon was slain by the god. Melia was the mother of two sons: Teneros and Ismenos (and perhaps Keos...
One widespread myth is that Apollo is the sun god, while in reality, it is Helios who personifies the sun in Greek mythology. Apollo's association with the sun is a result of his connection to light and the Hellenistic syncretism that occurred later in history....
In another popular myth—one that was a common theme in Greek art—Apollo fought with Heracles. As the story goes, Heracles consulted Apollo’s oracle at Delphi on a matter but was unhappy with the response; consequently, he tried to steal the Delphic tripod in order to start his own orac...
Amazon, in Greek mythology, member of a race of women warriors. The story of the Amazons probably originated as a variant of a tale recurrent in many cultures, that of a distant land organized oppositely from one’s own. The ascribed habitat of the Amazons necessarily became more remote as...
The Greek godApollowas the son ofZeusand the twin brother of Artemis, goddess of the hunt and the moon. In later periods, Apollo was commonly considered to have been the driver of the solar disc, but Apollo was notassociated with the sunduring Homeric Greek times. In this earlier period,...
The Greek godApollowas the son ofZeusand the twin brother of Artemis, goddess of the hunt and the moon. In later periods, Apollo was commonly considered to have been the driver of the solar disc, but Apollo was notassociated with the sunduring Homeric Greek times. In this earlier period,...
Apollo, known as Lester Papadopoulos in his most recent human form during the Trials of Apollo, is the Greek god of the sun, light, healing, disease, plague, music, art, poetry, archery, reason, knowledge, truth, and prophecy. He is the twin brother of the goddess Artemis, and they ...
You may be wondering what a blog post about an ancient Greek theatre and sanctuary has to do with a story set in ancient Rome. Well, let me tell you, it has a lot to do with it. Not only was the healing sanctuary at ancient Epidaurus well-known in the Roman world, but the great...