Phoebus Apollo is a Greek god with many, and sometimes conflicting attributes. He is a patron of intellectual pursuits, the arts, and prophesy. He leads the Muses, for which reason he is called Apollo Musagetes. Apollo is sometimes called Apollo Smitheus. It is thought that this refers to a connection between Apollo and mice, which makes sense since Apollo shoots plague arrows to punish disrespectful humans. Most people know Apollo as a sun god.

Public Domain. Courtesy of Wikipedia.Basic background information on the Greek God Apollo.

Clipart.comMore details on Apollo and the myths in which you'll find him.

Clipart.comPictures of Apollo with various gods, goddesses, and mortals, and photos of sculptures.

Public Domain. Courtesy of Bibi Saint-Pol at Wikipedia.The men and women with whom Apollo mated, and their children. Apollo didn't have as many affairs as his father. Not all of his liaisons produced children -- even those with women. His most famous offspring was Asclepius.
Not really by "Homer", this hymn to Apollo tells about his birth.
Another hymn not really written by "Homer" that tells the story of how Apollo came to be connected with the oracle. Also see
Pythia.
This short hymn to the Muses and Apollo explains that the Muses and Apollo are both necessary for music.

Clipart.comIn his Metamorphoses, Ovid tells the story of love affairs like this one that go wrong, resulting in the transformation of a human into (in this case) a tree.
Thomas Bulfinch's retelling of the story of Apollo and Daphne.
Sacred to Apollo, the Pythian Games were almost as important to the Greeks as the Olympics and, as is appropriate for a religious festival in honor of Apollo, the laurel is its symbol.