The story of Apollo began like countless Greek myths: with infidelity and jealousy. Apollo was the son of the promiscuous Zeus and one of his numerous mistresses, the Titaness Leto. When Hera found out that Leto was pregnant, she naturally became quite angry. Instead of punishing Zeus, she ...
"Hesiod tells the story in theGreat Eoiai. . . Magnes . . . lived in the region of Thessalia, in the land which men called after him Magnesia. He had a son of remarkable beauty, Hymenaios. And when Apollon saw the boy, he was seized with love for him, and would not leave the ...
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 ...
50, &c.); and in the story of Apollo tending the flocks of Admetus at Pherae in Thessaly, on the banks of the river Amphrysus, the idea reaches its height. (Apollod. i. 9. &sec; 15; Eurip. Alcest. 8; Tibull. ii. 3. 11; Virg. Georg. iii. 2.)6...
According to Greek tradition, he helped Cretan or Arcadian colonists found the city of Troy. However, this story may reflect a cultural influence which had the reverse direction: Hittite cuneiform texts mention a Minor Asian god called Appaliunas or Apalunas in connection with the city of ...
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...
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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 Greek...
Zeus punished his son Apollo by sentencing him to a year of servitude, which he spent as a herdsman for the mortal king Admetus.Euripides' tragedy tells the story of the reward Apollo paid Admetus. In the Trojan War, Apollo and his sister Artemis sided with the Trojans. In the first book...
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....