Apollo: The God Of Light

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Apollo is the god of music, poetry, art, oracles, archery, plague, medicine, sun, light, and knowledge. He is known as "Pythian," because he killed a giant python snake which had terrorized Delphi, and "Phoebus," because of his role as the god of light. Apollo is most recognized wearing a laurel, which symbolizes when his most famous lover, a nymph named Daphne, went to her father, River Peneius, and he transformed her into a laurel tree. Also, Apollo is the only god to wear a laurel. Apollo is known for carrying a silver bow which is said by others that the arrows can cause illness, but at the same time, he could heal the injured and sick himself. He is also recognized with a golden lyre which was gifted to him by the messenger god, Hermes,

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