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Apollo

Also known as Phoebus, Apollōn, Apellōn, Apeilōn, Aploun, Apollon

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Deity.type: Greek
Deity.name: Apollo
Deity.image: Italy-3104 - Apollo (5378415112).jpg
Deity.caption: Apollo Belvedere, a 2nd-century CE Roman copy of a Greek original from BCE
Deity.member_of: the Twelve Olympians
Deity.abode: Mount Olympus
Deity.symbol: Lyre, laurel wreath, python, bow and arrows
Deity.tree: laurel, cypress
Deity.animals: Raven, swan, wolf
Deity.birth_place: Delos
Deity.parents: Zeus and Leto
Deity.siblings: Artemis (twin)
Deity.mount: A chariot drawn by swans
Deity.planet: SunMercury (antiquity)
Deity.equivalent4_type: Celtic
Deity.equivalent4: Grannus

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Contents

Etymology
Greco-Roman epithets
Sun
Wolf
Origin and birth
Place of worship
Healing and disease
Founder and protector
Prophecy and truth
Music and arts
Archery
Appearance
Amazons
Other
Celtic epithets and cult titles
Origins
Healer and god-protector from evil
Dorian origin
Minoan origin
Anatolian origin
Oracular cult
Oracular shrines
Temples of Apollo
Greek temples
Etruscan and Roman temples
Mythology
Birth
''Homeric Hymn to Apollo''
Callimachus's ''Hymn to Delos''
Pindar
Hyginus
Other variations
Hyperborea
Childhood and youth
Slaying of Python
Establishment of worship in Delphi
Tityus
Admetus
Niobe
Building the walls of Troy
Trojan War
Nurturer of the young
God of music
Apollo's lyre
Musical contests
Patron of sailors
Wars
Other stories
Molpadia and Parthenos
Heracles
The rock of Leukas
Female lovers
Male lovers
Children
List of offspring and their mothers
Failed love attempts
Female counterparts
Artemis
Hecate
Athena
Roman Apollo
Festivals
Attributes and symbols
Apollo in the arts
Archaic sculpture
Classical sculpture
Hellenistic Greece-Rome
Modern reception
Postclassical art and literature
Dance and music
Books
Psychology and philosophy
Spaceflight
Genealogy
See also
Notes
References
Sources
Primary sources
Secondary sources
External links

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Apollo is one of the Olympian deities. His numerous functions include healing, prophecy, music, poetry, and archery. He is the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis, goddess of the hunt. He is considered to be the most beautiful god and is represented as the ideal of the kouros (ephebe, or a beardless, athletic youth). In the 5th century BC, his worship was imported to Rome.

As the patron deity of Delphi (Apollo Pythios), Apollo is an oracular god—the prophetic deity of the Delphic Oracle and the deity of ritual purification. His oracles were often consulted for guidance in various matters. He was in general seen as the god who affords help and wards off evil, and is referred to as , the "averter of evil". Medicine and healing are associated with Apollo, whether through the god himself or mediated through his son Asclepius. Apollo delivered people from epidemics, yet he is also a god who could bring ill health and deadly plague with his arrows. The invention of archery itself is credited to Apollo and his sister Artemis. Apollo is usually described as carrying a silver or golden bow and a quiver of arrows.