Mrs.Morrels 6/7 social studies
Apollo research paper
Introduction
Apollo roman and greek name was Apollo .His title or what he is known for he is the god of the sun and the god of archery, music, prophecy, healing, medicine.His usual chores include pulling the sun around with his golden chariot and golden horses.According to homer illiad he had brought the plague to the greeks and helped the trogans .irronicly he was also a purifier and when he was angry he would send hoards of mice bringing plegue and disease. when he was happy he destroyed all the mice that had plagued him.you could usually find him on mt olympusas being one of the 12 principle gods . History:apollos parents are zeus and leto hera zeus’s wife did …show more content…
he had secred animals such as the crow and dolphin.every eight years in the city of delphi greece they have a “festival of wreaths” where they celebrated apollo.
Summary of one important myth about the god The python lived on mt parnasis.It was ordered by hera to follow leto so she
Sent it to follow hera so she couldnt have apollo and artemis .Apollo was angry at that and wanted revenge. Only four years old at the time with silver bow and golden arrows entered the pythons lair. it lunged at apollo and he managed to avoid it he pulled back his bow and shot the beast in its forehead it screamed and yelped but enventually died because of the arrow apollo played a victory song for his triumph.
Conclusion
Apollo was credited for achilles death because he guided paris’s shot.he was also credited for killing the cyclops because he armed zeus with the lightning volt.he loved daphne but the only way for her to escape apollos love was to be sent off the face of the earth a tree was left in her honor the laural tree and that is why it is sacred to