Apollo: The Sun God.
Apollo
Apollo (Latin Phoebus Apollo; Etruscan Aplu). The son of Zeus
and Leto and the twin of the goddess Artemis. The lord of
Parnassus, he is associated with the tending of flocks and
herds, and personifies the sun, love of beauty, balance, music,
fine arts, poetry and medicine. He is the god of prophecy and
is credited with the foundation of the oracle of Delphi.
Attributes: A young and often beautiful man holding the lyre,
the bow and arrow, or the symbols of Delphi's oracle, the tripod
and/or the omphalos. Often appears together with his sister <
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- Apollo Birth.
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Leto, the daughter of the TITANS Coeus and Phoebe, was
seduced by Zeus and because of this she was hunted over the whole earth
by Hear, until she came to the island of Asteria (Delos) where she gave
birth to Artemis and soon after to Apollo. But some say only Apollo was
born in Delos, and that Artemis was born in Ortygia.
- Sun-god
- Some say that the god Mithras, the Sun of Babylon, is in Hellas Delphic Apollo.
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