Apollo – Mythopedia
WEBApr 11, 2023 — 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 (Roman) - Mythopedia
WEBMar 8, 2023 — Borrowed directly from Greek mythology, Apollo was a Roman god that inspired music, poetry, and artistic creativity. A law-giver and healer, Apollo brought order to humankind and was the source of all medical knowledge. Furthermore, Apollo served as the chief patron of prophets, the source of the gift of prophecy.
Artemis - Mythopedia
WEBApr 13, 2023 — Artemis was the Greek goddess of the hunt, nature, and wild animals. She was typically regarded as one of the major Olympians, numbered among the so-called “Twelve Gods.”. In art and literature, Artemis was often imagined hunting in the forest with her bow. While her twin brother Apollo represented reason …
Marsyas – Mythopedia
WEBMar 23, 2023 — Marsyas was one of the satyrs (sometimes called silens), wild woodland creatures associated with the god Dionysus. He was known for his skill at playing the panpipes, an instrument invented—and then discarded—by the goddess Athena. Marsyas grew so confident in his musical abilities that he challenged Apollo, the …
Daphne – Mythopedia
WEBMar 8, 2023 — Several Greek authors mention Daphne in connection with Apollo, too. These include Lucian (ca. 125–after 180 CE), who alludes to the myth of Daphne and Apollo satirically in works such as On Dancing and the Dialogues of the Gods, and Nonnus (fifth century BCE), the author of the long epic known as the Dionysiaca. But these sources never ...
Phoebe - Mythopedia
WEBMar 10, 2023 — Overview. One of the original twelve Titans of Greek mythology Phoebe was the daughter of the primordial deities Gaia and Uranus. She married her brother Coeus, and together they had two daughters, Asteria and Leto. Through Leto, Phoebe was the grandmother of Apollo and Artemis, powerful gods of the Olympian pantheon.
Leto – Mythopedia
WEBDec 7, 2022 — Leto, sometimes still known by her Latin name Latona, was one of the daughters of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe. She was a lover of Zeus, with whom she mothered the radiant twins Apollo and Artemis —thus incurring the wrath of Zeus’ jealous wife Hera. According to the common tradition, Hera pursued Leto across the earth, forbidding any land ...
Achilles - Mythopedia
WEBJul 31, 2023 — One day, a priest of Apollo named Chryses came to the Greek camp. He wished to ransom his daughter, who had been taken captive by the Greeks and had become Agamemnon’s slave. When Agamemnon refused to let the girl go, Chryses begged Apollo to avenge him. Apollo, answering Chryses’ prayer, sent a plague to the Greek army.
Homeric Hymns: 3. To Apollo (Full Text) - Mythopedia
WEBTO 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 ...
Asclepius - Mythopedia
WEBJul 10, 2023 — Asclepius, the son of Apollo and a mortal princess, was one of only a handful of figures in Greek mythology who was worshipped as a hero as well as a god. He grew up to be a renowned physician, so skilled that he even had a cure for death. But his talents (especially his ability to raise the dead) threatened the order of the cosmos, leading ...