Alternative Names:
Apollo, 아폴론, 아폴로, Phoebus, 포에부스, Phoibos, 포이부스
Apollon is the son of Zeus and Leto. His twin sister is Artemis. He is the god of music, playing a golden lyre. The Archer, far shooting with a silver bow. The god of healing who taught man medicine. The god of light. The god of truth, who can not speak a lie.
One of Apollon's more important daily tasks is to harness his chariot with four horses an drive the Sun across the sky.
He is famous for his oracle at Delphi. People traveled to it from all over the Greek world to divine the future.
His tree was the laurel. The crow was his bird. The dolphin was his animal.
Apollo and Aurora by Gérard de Lairesse
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