"Apollo (Apollon) and Two Muses," by the Italian painter Pompeo Batoni (c. 1741), currently located in the Museum of King John III's Palace at Wilanów, in Warsaw, Poland.
God of the sun, light, philosophy, truth, inspiration, poetry, arts, medicine and plague. He is the son of Zeus and Leto, and twin brother of Artemis. Apollon, more commonly known as Apollo, is the god of prophecy, music and healing. He offers his wisdom as a link between gods and man alike.
With an intellect as far-reaching as the arrows shot from his silver bow, he is said to be the first god to teach mortals the healing arts, including that of music. It was thought that he helped humans to achieve their full potential with his gifs of enlightenment. During the Trojan War, it was believed that Apollo sided with and aided the Trojan warrior, Hector on the field of battle. As the conflict raged, he was said to have shot fiery arrows down at the Greeks, from his chariot in the sky.
Centuries later, when man journeyed to the heavens, they fittingly named their mission to the moon, Apollo, after the god who inspired mankind to reach for the stars. His symbols include the sun, lyre, swan, and mouse. Some late Roman and Greek poetry and mythography make him equivalent to Roman Sol and Greek Helios.
| Deities in Greek mythology | |
|---|---|
| Protogenoi | Chaos • Chronus • Gaia • Tartarus • Eros • Erebos • Nyx • Uranus • Pontus • Thalassa • Aether • Hemera |
| Titans | Oceanus • Cronus • Mnemosyne • Rhea • Tethys • Themis • Atlas • Prometheus • Metis • Hecate • Eos • Helios • Selene |
| Twelve Olympians | Zeus • Hera • Demeter • Hestia • Poseidon • Ares • Artemis • Apollo • Athena • Hermes • Hephaestus • Aphrodite • Dionysus |
| Daemones | Bia • Dike • Eris • Hebe • Hygieia • Hypnos • Nemesis • Nike • Phobos • Poena • Soteria • Thanatos |
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