Smintheus And Apollo's Accomplishments

Apollo was the god of light, prophecy, colonization, medicine, archery (but not for war or hunting), poetry, dance, intellectual inquiry and the carer of herds and flocks. He was also a god of light, know as “Phoebus” (radiant or beaming, and he was sometimes identified with Helios the sun god). He was also the god of plague and was worshiped as Smintheus (from sminthos, rat) and as Parnopius. Apollo was the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis.

Apollo`s first achievement was to rid Python (Delphi) of the serpent (or dragon) Python. Apollo killed Python With his bow and arrows ( Homer wrote “he killed the fearsome dragon Python, piercing it with his darts”).

Apollo had many love affairs with goddesses and mortals. Apollo`s