Myth - Apollo

Apollo has many attributes, but he wasn't originally the chariot riding sun god Helios. He was a god of prophecy, healing and music, the twin brother of Artemis (Greek) or Diana (Rome). Unlike his sister and most of the Greco-Roman pantheon, the same name was used to refer to him in both Latin and Greek.

Perhaps the earliest reference to Apollo as Helios occurs in fragments of Euripides' Phaethon.

What's Love Got To Do With It? The Victory Laurel
Apollo slew the python, competed with Pan, and insulted the love god; as a result the laurel was used to crown victors at the Pythian games.

Apollo's Mates
Apollo mated with many women (but was rejected by Cassandra) and a few men and sired mostly males including Asclepius.

Homeric Hymn to Pythian Apollo
Hymn attributed to Homer in honor of the Apollo who slew the python. Also see Homeric Hymn to Delian Apollo.

Pythia
Pythia, the oracle of Apollo at Delphi.

Ovid's Metamorphoses Apollo and Daphne After vanquishing the python Apollo taunted Cupid for his puny arrows, but the love god had the last laugh by turning the arrows against Phoebus.

Apollo
Carlos Parada's page. Apollo's birth, interventions, oracles, offspring, and our sources.

Apollo
Apollo's family, specialties (music, archery, healing, light, and truth), his role as a sun god, and the animals with which he is associated.

Apollon
Page contains not only basic information about the son of Zeus and Leto but references to passages in Homer.

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