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Apollo – Mythopedia Apollo was one of the Twelve Olympians and the Greek god of prophecy, healing, art, and culture He embodied the Greek ideal of masculine beauty
Apollo (Roman) – Mythopedia Apollo was the Roman god who inspired prophecy, poetry, music, and medicine Incorporated directly from the Greeks after a plague devastated Rome, he was both the bringer of and guardian against pestilence
Homeric Hymns: 3. To Apollo (Full Text) - Mythopedia TO DELIAN APOLLO (1–18) I will remember and not be unmindful of Apollo who shoots afar As he goes through the house of Zeus, the gods tremble before him and all spring up from their seats when he draws near, as he bends his bright bow But Leto alone stays by the side of Zeus who delights in thunder; and then she unstrings his bow, and closes his quiver, and takes his archery from his
Daphne – Mythopedia Daphne was a virginal nymph, the daughter of a Greek river god In her most famous myth, she was desired by the Olympian god Apollo and was only able to escape his advances by transforming into a laurel tree
Python – Mythopedia Python was a serpent of extraordinary size, sometimes said to have been the first guardian of Delphi When Apollo was still young, he slew the terrible monster with his arrows and established his famous oracle on the site
Hecate – Mythopedia Hecate, daughter of Asteria and Perses, was a powerful but mysterious goddess usually associated with magic, witchcraft, and the Underworld Though often an object of dread, Hecate was sometimes seen as a kind goddess and a protector of justice
Adonis – Mythopedia Adonis was a young man so handsome that he earned the affections of Aphrodite, the goddess of love herself His myth ended tragically when he was slain by a boar while hunting
Homeric Hymns: 4. To Hermes (Full Text) - Mythopedia TO HERMES (1–29) Muse, sing of Hermes, the son of Zeus and Maia, lord of Cyllene and Arcadia rich in flocks, the luck-bringing messenger of the immortals whom Maia bare, the rich-tressed nymph, when she was joined in love with Zeus,—a shy goddess, for she avoided the company of the blessed gods, and lived within a deep, shady cave There the son of Cronos used to lie with the rich-tressed
Orpheus – Mythopedia Orpheus was the most famous musician of Greek mythology His music had power over all living things—though he could not save his bride Eurydice from death
Iliad: Book 1 (Full Text) - Mythopedia Argument The Contention of Achilles and Agamemnon [40] In the war of Troy, the Greeks having sacked some of the neighbouring towns, and taken from thence two beautiful captives, Chryseis and Briseis, allotted the first to Agamemnon, and the last to Achilles Chryses, the father of Chryseis, and priest of Apollo, comes to the Grecian camp to ransom her; with which the action of the poem opens