Apollo: The Gods In Greek Mythology

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Long ago in Greek mythology Apollo the god of music, truth, and prophecy, healing, the sun and light, plague, poetry, and more. He was in a relationship with Athena the goddess of wisdom, war, and useful arts. They were regular like a regular couple they had some arguments but at the same time, they loved each other. Apollo would always bring here gifts when she felt bad, sad, sick also he would bring her flowers when he felt that he did something wrong and that it can affect Athena. Athena would always wake up Apollo so that he would have to go to his daily task which was to move the sun across the sky so the people would be able to have light not always be in the darkness.

Apollo woke up from sleeping the whole night being exhausted
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So Apollo accepted the quest but he requested that Apollise should go with him and Athena agreed. Apollo was showing Apollise how the ocean was and that there was a specific god that is the owner of the water the owner of the ocean or any type of water source was Poseidon. Apollo and Poseidon got along none of them would betray each other. They were loyal to each other and if there was something wrong with the other person both of them would talk and work it out. Apollo found Poseidon and asked him if they can go to his house, Poseidon said of course but first, he asked who was the kid that he was taking care of. Apollo answer says that he cracked the sun and that he was born so now they were keeping him and help him grow to become a strong …show more content…
Then they started talking about how their lives were like any other adult would if they did not have seen each other for a very long time. Apollo asked Poseidon if he could help them find a salmon which can help Apollise grow faster? Poseidon said, of course, I can find a salmon fish in a short period of time. Next thing you knew Poseidon attracted all the salmon fish to his cabin that was in the water so they started to come where Poseidon can just grab one of them and give it to Apollo. Before giving it to Apollo he did not just give it to him, he gave it to him in a golden bag that you would never be able to lose if he dropped it magically could go back into his arm. Apollo and Apollise flew back home and gave the salmon to Athena she cooked the salmon then gave it to Apollise for him to eat, at first he did not like it but then he started to enjoy it because Athena added a sauce to it making it taste better than

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