Research Paper On Apollo

Apollo: God of Many Things Apollo is often depicted as a handsome, young man. He is often shown holding a bow and arrows or a lyre. Apollo is the god of music, prophecy, colonization, medicine, archery, poetry, dance and light. He is sometimes associated with the sun god, Helios. It was believed that he could spread diseases with his arrow, as well as prevent diseases with it. His mother, Leto, was not allowed to give birth to Apollo on land because Zeus' wife, Hera, found out that Zeus impregnated Leto. Hera forbid Leto to give birth on Earth, so She went to Delos, which was a new floating island so it was not considered a real island yet. Therefore, she was allowed to give birth there. Delos became an important sanctuary for Apollo. …show more content…
Python protected the sanctuary of Pytho. Apollo killed it with his bow and arrow. After killing Python, he got rid of the destruction Python did to the land around Delphi. Python had destroyed crops, raided villages and polluted waterways. Because Python was the son of Gaia, Mother Earth, Apollo had to be a cowherd for King Admetus for nine years. The most important oracle for Apollo was Delphi. Apollo, just like Zeus, was in many love affairs. These included mortals and goddesses. One of the most noted goddesses he pursued was the Daphne. She was the daughter of the river god, Ladon. She wanted nothing to do with Apollo and she kept avoiding him, but he would follow her. Eventually she realised that Apollo would some day catch up to her. She turned to Ladon for help. She fled to the mountains. Once Apollo reached her, he went to hug her. Before he could wrap his hands around her, she turned into a laurel tree. Apollo was so sad, he made the laurel tree his sacred