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Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia - Apollo
Apollo (Greek: Απόλλων, Apóllōn; Απελλων) is a god in Greek and Roman mythology, the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Worship
Apollo is considered to have dominion over plague, beauty, light, healing, colonists, medicine, archery, poetry, prophecy, dance, reason,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Worship
Apollo is considered to have dominion over plague, beauty, light, healing, colonists, medicine, archery, poetry, prophecy, dance, reason,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Apollo During The Trojan War
Apollo shot arrows infected with the plague into the Greek encampment during the Trojan War in rage because the Greeks had kidnapped Chry...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Apollo And Admetus
When Zeus struck down Apollo's son, Asclepius, with a lightning bolt for resurrecting the dead (and thus steal Hades's subjects), Apollo ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Apollo's Romantic Life And Children
Apollo - Heterosexual relationships. Apollo chased the nymph Daphne, daughter of Peneus, who had scorned him. His infatuation was caus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Apollo And The Birth Of Hermes
Hermes was born on Mount Cyllene in Arcadia. The story is told in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes. His mother, Maia, had been secretly impregn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Other Stories
Apollo - Musical contests. Once Pan had the audacity to compare his music with that of Apollo, and to challenge Apollo, the god of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Etymology Of The Name
The name Apollo might have been derived from a Pre-Hellenic compound Apo-ollon [citation needed], likely related to an archaic verb Apo-e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Apollo And Admetus
When Zeus struck down Apollo's son, Asclepius, with a lightning bolt for resurrecting the dead (and thus steal Hades's subjects), Apollo ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Apollo's Romantic Life And Children
Apollo - Heterosexual relationships. Apollo chased the nymph Daphne, daughter of Peneus, who had scorned him. His infatuation was caus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Apollo And The Birth Of Hermes
Hermes was born on Mount Cyllene in Arcadia. The story is told in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes. His mother, Maia, had been secretly impregn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Other Stories
Apollo - Musical contests. Once Pan had the audacity to compare his music with that of Apollo, and to challenge Apollo, the god of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Etymology Of The Name
The name Apollo might have been derived from a Pre-Hellenic compound Apo-ollon [citation needed], likely related to an archaic verb Apo-e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Apollo During The Trojan War
Apollo shot arrows infected with the plague into the Greek encampment during the Trojan War in rage because the Greeks had kidnapped Chry...   » Read the article