Apollo is one of the Olympian deities in ancient Greek religion and mythology. He is the god of the Sun and light, prophecy, philosophy, truth, logic, inspiration, music, poetry, the arts, purification, medicine, healing, plague, archery, and masculine beauty. He is the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis, goddess of the hunt. He is considered to be the most beautiful god and is represented as the ideal of the kouros.
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AT A GLANCE
Greek nameApollōn (Ἀπόλλων)
Roman namePhoebus
Typeolympian
Domainsprophecy · music · healing · archery
EpithetsPhoibos · Pythios · Loxias
ParentageZeus · Leto
Symbolslyre · bow and arrow · laurel wreath · tripod
Sacred animalsswan · raven · wolf · dolphin
Cult centersDelphi · Delos · Didyma
EtymologyConnected by the Greeks to apollymi ("destroy") or apella ("assembly"); likely pre-Greek or Anatolian.
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