What is the story of the Greek mythology god Apollo?

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Answer 1

Apollo (əpŏl'ō) , in Greek religion and mythology, one of the most important Olympian gods, concerned especially with prophecy, medicine, music and poetry, archery, and various bucolic arts, particularly the care of flocks and herds. He was also frequently associated with the higher developments of civilization, such as law, philosophy, and the arts. As patron of music and poetry he was often connected with the Muses. Apollo may have been first worshiped by primitive shepherds as a god of pastures and flocks, but it was as a god of light, Phoebus or Phoebus Apollo, that he was most widely known. After the 5th cent. B.C. he was frequently identified with Helios, the sun god. Apollo was the father of Aristaeus, Asclepius, and, in some legends, Orpheus, although his amorous affairs were not particularly successful. Daphne turned into a laurel rather than submit to him, and Marpessa refused him in favor of a mortal. He gave Cassandra the gift of prophecy, and when she disappointed him, he decreed that no one would believe her prophecies. His chief oracular shrine was at Delphi, which he was said to have seized, while still an infant, by killing its guardian, the serpent Python. This event was celebrated every eight years in the festival of the Stepteria. Other festivals held in Apollo's honor included the yearly Thargelia, to celebrate spring, and the Pythia, held every four years to honor his victory over the Python. Besides Delphi, his other notable shrines were at Branchidae, Claros, Patara, and on the island of Delos, where, it was said, he and his twin sister, Artemis, were born to Leto and Zeus. In Roman religion, Apollo was worshiped in various forms, most significantly as a god of healing and of prophecy. In art he was portrayed as the perfection of youth and beauty. The most celebrated statue of him is the Apollo Belvedere, a marble statue in the Belvedere of the Vatican-.

Answer 2

Apollo had an oracle who stayed at Delphi who was consulted by the Greeks for advice on all important things.

The Delphic Oracle was the means through which worshipers could hear the words of the god Apollo, spoken through a priestess (Sybil) Pythia, who was over 50 years old. Pythia was always a woman that was chosen by a male priest of the oracle. Characteristic of the oracle of Delphi is the Castalian Spring. Questioners paid a levy called in Greek "pelanos" and sacrificed an animal at the altar. The question was then put to Pythia by the male priest. It has to be mentioned that the only one who could see and communicate with Pythia was this priest- the questioner had no eye contact. The Pythia would answer in a trance, perhaps introduced by the vaporous from a crack in the ground over which she sat on tripod combined with the laurel leaves she was chewing. Her incantations were interpreted by the priest and were almost always ambiguous.

Answer 3

the story of Apollo???

he is probably the only greek god to survive in practice to this day.

Apollo twin to Artemis and son of Zeus. Artemis was the huntress and embodied the moon, while Apollo was the god of harvest and embodied by the sun. Remember that fact.

There are a bunch of stories about Apollo and a driad nymph named Daphne. He chased her and she spurned his attention turning herself into a laurel tree. And thusly his rememberence of her is the wreath of laurels he wore atop his head.

Apollo had a very popular cult based after him that spread many locations, greece, rome, eqypt...blah blah blah.....he was a sun god and could be easily assimulated to any culture that had a sun god. Apollo's accepted birthday is December 25th by the early Apollo cult.

At one point in time Apollo, Mithras, Sol Invictus, and early forms of Christianity existed in the same locations and had their own holidays that were very near one another (simular to Christmas, Chanakah, and Kwanza all being in the late december with differing dates) A roman ceasar, decided it would be best if all persons under his influence had the same state sponsored religion and decreed all of these cults to unify. Sol Invictus, Mithras and Apollo were all sun oriented religions and philosophies so it was only natural that the christian cult join together in the same functions. (points out the bible clearly describes jesus birth in the spring...but was changed to December to assist in the roman unification)

Apollo survives to this day in a jumbled mix of different practices unified under the catholic (yes that's catholic with a lowercase "c") traditions of Christianity.

Interesting story. Recently a theme park opened a rollercoaster with an Apollo themed concept. Fabio was hired to be the model representing Apollo. Fabio stated he was better looking than the real Apollo was, and as consequence Fabio was hit in the face with a flying goose who just coincidental was passing at the right place at the right time. The collision broke Fabio's nose. The golden goose was another story associated with Apollo in myth and fable. Apollo still exists, if nothing else, as a statement of vanity.

Answer 4

Birth of Apollo
http://www.loggia.com/myth/apollo.html
According to the Greek poet Hesiod (Theogony, 918-20), Apollo was the son of the Olympian Zeus and the Titan Leto, and the brother of the goddess Artemis. And the details of how Apollo and his sister were born make an intriguing story, so let us look at this legend more closely.

The myth of Apollo's birth includes another instance of the wrath of Hera. Again, the wife of the philandering Zeus discovered that her husband had impregnated yet another goddess, and this time it was the Titan Leto. In her anger, Hera would not allow Leto to bear her children (remember, she was pregnant with the twin gods Apollo and Artemis), and the land itself was afraid to provide a shelter for Leto because of the fear of Hera's notorious retribution. Finally, Leto found an island that was willing to allow her to give birth, and this island was named Delos (which means "brilliant", and, incidentally, inspired the epithet Delian) in honor of the divine site. Apollo was then cared for by Themis, who fed him nectar and ambrosia for a few days, after which time he was an adult capable of assuming the full responsibilities of a god. And this is the story of how Apollo was born in Greek mythology.


in Greek and Roman mythology, Apollo (Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων, Apóllōn; or Ἀπέλλων, Apellōn), the ideal of the kouros, was the archer-god of medicine and healing and also a bringer of death-dealing plague; as the leader of the Muses (Apollon Musagetes) and director of their choir, he is a god of music and poetry. Hymns sung to Apollo were called Paeans.

As the patron of Delphi ("Pythian Apollo") Apollo is an oracular god; in Classical times he took the place of Helios as god of the sun. Apollo was also considered to have dominion over colonists, over medicine, mediated through his son Asclepius, and was the patron defender of herds and flocks.

Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of the chaste huntress Artemis, who took the place of Selene as goddess of the moon. As the prophetic deity of the Delphic oracle, Apollo was one of the most important and many-sided of the Olympian deities. Apollo is known in Greek-influenced Etruscan mythology as Apulu. In Roman mythology he is known as Apollo and increasingly, especially during the third century BC, as Apollo Helios he became identified with Sol, the Sun.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo

Answer 5

Apollo is the twin of Artemis and he represents music and the sun. He is an archer but he doesn't carry the sun to the sky. Helios does that. Helios carries the sun on his chariot to the sky. Apollo is the son of Zeus.

Answer 6

He was the son of Zeus and Leto and represent harmony. The link below has tons of information about him.