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Apollo |
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Died |
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- «b»http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo
«/b»In «u»Greek «/u» and «u»Roman mythology «/u», «b»Apollo«/b» (in «u»Greek «/u», -«i»Apóll«/i» or -«i»Apell«/i»), is one of the most important and many-sided of the «u»Olympian deities «/u». The ideal of the «u»«i»kouros «/u»«/i» (a beardless youth), Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of light and the sun; truth and prophecy; «u»archery «/u»; medicine and healing; music, poetry, and the arts; and more. Apollo is the son of «u»Zeus «/u» and «u»Leto «/u», and has a «u»twin «/u» sister, the chaste huntress «u»Artemis «/u». Apollo is known in Greek-influenced «u»Etruscan mythology «/u» as «i»Apulu«/i». Apollo was worshipped in both «u»ancient Greek «/u» and «u»Roman religion «/u», as well as in the modern «u»Greco «/u»-«u»Roman «/u» «u»Neopaganism «/u».
As the patron of «u»Delphi «/u» («i»Pythian Apollo«/i»), Apollo was an «u»oracular «/u» god \emdash the prophetic deity of the «u»Delphic Oracle «/u». Medicine and healing were associated with Apollo, whether through the god himself or mediated through his son «u»Asclepius «/u». Apollo was also seen as a god who could bring ill-health and deadly «u»plague «/u» as well as one who had the ability to cure. Amongst the god's custodial charges, Apollo became associated with dominion over «u»colonists «/u», and as the patron defender of herds and flocks. As the leader of the «u»Muses «/u» («i»Apollon Musagetes«/i») and director of their choir, Apollo functioned as the patron god of music and «u»poetry «/u». «u»Hermes «/u» created the «u»lyre «/u» for him, and the instrument became a common «u»attribute «/u» of Apollo. Hymns sung to Apollo were called «u»paeans «/u».
In Hellenistic times, especially during the third century BCE, as «i»Apollo Helios«/i» he became identified among Greeks with «u»Helios «/u», «u»god of the sun «/u», and his sister Artemis similarly equated with «u»Selene «/u», «u»goddess of the moon «/u». In Latin texts, however, Joseph Fontenrose declared himself unable to find any conflation of Apollo with «u»Sol «/u» among the «u»Augustan poets «/u» of the first century, not even in the conjurations of «u»Aeneas «/u» and «u»Latinus «/u» in «u»«i»Aeneid «/u»«/i» XII (161\endash 215). Apollo and Helios/Sol remained separate beings in literary and mythological texts until the third century CE.
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I61446 |
Glenn Cook Family |
Last Modified |
1 May 2015 |
Family |
Pronoe, d. Yes, date unknown |
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Last Modified |
19 Jun 2013 |
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F551617651 |
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Photos
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 | Apollo 2nd century AD Roman statue of Apollo depicting the god's attributes—the lyre and the snake Python |
 | Apollo Apollo (the "Adonis" of Centocelle), Roman after a Greek original (Ashmolean Museum)
Roman Statue of Apollo |
 | Apollo Apollo and Hyacinthus
Jacopo Caraglio; 16th c. Italian engraving |
 | peneus, Apollo, Daphne Peneus averts his gaze as Apollo, pierced by Cupid's arrow of desire, pursues Daphne, transforming into the laurel (Apollo and Daphne, 1625, by Poussin) |
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