Olympians apollo. apollo is the olympian god of light, music and poetry, healing and plagues, prophecy and knowledge, order and beauty, archery and agriculture. an embodiment of the hellenic ideal of kalokagathia, he is harmony, reason and moderation personified, a perfect blend of physical superiority and moral virtue. Apollo, god of light, eloquence, poetry and the fine arts with urania, muse of astronomy (1798) by charles meynier. apollo[ a ] is one of the olympian deities in classical greek and roman religion and greek and roman mythology. apollo has been recognized as a god of archery, music and dance, truth and prophecy, healing and diseases, the sun and.
Great pillars were placed beneath the island to affix it to the ocean floor. the floating patch of land had become a proper part of the earth. apollo was born with a golden sword in his hand, and everything on delos turned to gold as well. zeus arrived shortly after the birth to place a golden band on his son’s head. Apollo, in greco roman mythology, a deity of manifold function and meaning, one of the most widely revered and influential of all the ancient greek and roman gods. though his original nature is obscure, from the time of homer onward he was the god of divine distance, who sent or threatened from afar; the god who made men aware of their own guilt and purified them of it; who presided over. Apollo was a powerful greek god and one of the twelve olympians. he served as the divine patron of prophecy, healing, art, and culture, as well as the embodiment of masculine beauty. apollo belonged to the second generation of olympians, along with his twin sister artemis, goddess of the wild and hunting. he was commonly represented as a kouros. Apollo. apollo, athenian red figure amphora c6th b.c., british museum. apollon (apollo) was the olympian god of prophecy and oracles, music, song and poetry, archery, healing, plague and disease, and the protection of the young. he was depicted as a handsome, beardless youth with long hair and attributes such as a wreath and branch of laurel.
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