Because the previous people got it
wrong Apollo is a Greek God and his twin sister is Artemis and not Athena !!! The
father is Zeus the biggest God of the 12 Gods of mount Olympus !! Apollo, the Sun god, brings life-giving
heat and
light to Earth.As patron god of musicians and poets Arts,sun and
beauty, he carries a lyre and his symbol represents the “egg of creation”.
* One of the most important Olympian gods
* Apollo replaced the Titan Helios as the sun god; however, the
Greeks didn’t delete Helios completely but referred to both of them as the Sun gods.
* The arrows of Apollo and Artemis invariably killed and the
Greeks explained epidemics of diseases by supposing that they were shooting their arrows at people; and so, by praying to Apollo, the epidemic might be made to stop. In this way, Apollo became associated with the cure of diseases.
had a son, Asclepius who is
better known under the
Roman version of the name, Aesculapius
* He was a mortal medical healer who was so successful that he was reputed to have the ability to bring the dead back to life; which resulted in complaints by Hades. As a result, to keep peace in the godly family, Zeus killed him with a thunderbolt.
* The snake was a symbol of medicine and doctors and the Latin name for his constellation is Ophiuchus (oh fee YOO kuhs) which means “serpent-holder”.
He is considered the ideal of manly
beauty, so that a very handsome
man might be called an “Apollo”. He is also the god of poetry and
music.
