This document provides information about the Greek god Apollo. It discusses his Roman name Phoebus and symbols associated with him including mice, the lyre, and laurel leaves. It describes how each of these became connected to Apollo through Greek myths. The document also outlines Apollo's designations as the god of light, music, prophecy, and healing. It lists some key facts about Apollo, such as being the son of Zeus and Leto, having a twin sister Artemis, establishing the Oracle at Delphi, and killing the serpent Python as a child.

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3. GREEK NAME ROMAN NAME
APOLLO PHOEBUS

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5. MOUSE
The mouse in ancient times was a
symbol of prophetic power
because it was thought mice
were inspired by the exhaling
coming out of the ground. Apollo
was a god of prophesy. Mice
were fed like the gods at his
temples and Apollo was depicted
in association with mice. It would
seem the mice did his bidding as
Apollo was also the god of
plagues and the healing god

6. LYRE
In Greek Mythology, when Hermes was a baby he
stole a number of Apollo's cattle and took them to a
cave in the woods near Pylos. In the cave, he found
a tortoise and killed it, then removed the insides. He
used one of the cattle’s intestines and the tortoise
shell and made the first lyre.
Apollo eventually found Hermes, but fell in love with
the sound the lyre made. Apollo gifted the cattle to
Hermes in exchange for the lyre and forgave Hermes
for stealing his cattle. The lyre then became one of
Apollo's symbols of power.

7. LAUREL LEAF
Daphne was a beautiful Nymph who loved to hunt. She was created by the
Titaness Gaea (the Mother Earth in Ancient Greece) and the god of the Rivers,
Peneus.
Daphne was the first love of Greek god Apollo. When Apollo saw Daphne for the
first time, he got struck by the arrows of Eros and madly fell in love with her.
However, Daphne was rather indifferent to Apollo and tried to flee. But Apollo
didn’t want to give up. So he set up in pursuit of Daphne, until finally he caught her
and folded her in his arms.
Full of despair, Daphne prayed to her mother Gaea for aid to make her disappear.
Gaea followed her wish and, all at once, Daphne disappeared off the face of the
earth.
On the spot Daphne was seen for the last time, a fragrant plant, the sacred laurel
tree, grew in Daphne’s honor. From then on, the laurel tree became the symbol of
Apollo and he was often depicted with laurel leaves on his golden hair.

8. DESIGNATION

9. GOD OF LIGHT - Apollo's most important daily
tasks was to harness his four-horse chariot, in order to
move the Sun across the sky.
GOD OF MUSIC – he is often depicted playing
a golden lyre.
GOD OF PROPHECY - He had the gift of
prophecy and his central temple was the oracle at
Delphi where people could seek advice and
prophecies from his high priestess, the Sybil.
GOD OF HEALING - giving the science of
medicine to man.

10.  Apollo was the son of Zeus and Leto.
 His twin sister was Artemis, the chaste huntress.
 Oracular god, as he was the prophetic deity in the
Oracle in Delphi.
 He was born on Delos, where his mother Leto seeked
refuge.
 Apollo Is also called Phoebus, Apollon.
 At the tender age of 4 days, showing an incredible
talent for archery, Apollo killed the gigantic serpent
named Python (in some myths she was a dragon) who
had been harassing his mother.
 The serpent crawled back to her cave in the city of
Delphi, but the infant Apollo followed her and this time
succeeded in killing the snake with his second shot.

11.  The citizens of Delphi were glad to be rid of her and
were grateful to Apollo - later Delphi was established as
the center of Apollo’s worship.
 Hephaestus gave it to him when he was a child after
Apollo begged for it, needing the bow and arrows to
protect his mother, Leto, from a Python.
 Hestia The Goddess of the Hearth, was one of the divine
love of Apollo and sought to hand in marriage. She
declined and petitioned Zeus to allow her to remain an
eternal virgin.

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