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Apollo [a] is one of the Olympian deities in ancient Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology. Apollo has been recognized as a god of archery, music and dance, truth and prophecy, healing and diseases, the Sun and light, poetry, and more.
Leto on the run with Artemis and Apollo, Roman statue circa 350-400 AD Her absence, which was preventing Leto from giving birth, kept her in labor for nine days. According to the Homeric hymn, the goddesses who assembled to witness the birth of Apollo were responding to a public occasion in the rites of a dynasty, where the authenticity of the ...
Securitas, goddess of security, especially the security of the Roman empire. Senectus, god of old age. His Greek equivalent is Geras. Silvanus, god of woodlands and forests. Sol/Sol Invictus, sun god. Somnus, god of sleep; equates with the Greek Hypnos. Soranus, a god later subsumed by Apollo in the form Apollo Soranus. An Underworld god. Sors ...
1.1 Given name. 1.2 Surname. 2 Other uses. ... (also known as Apollo) is one of the Olympian deities in Greek and Roman mythology. Phoebus may also refer to: People
The daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo. Her symbols include the Moon, horse, deer, hound, she-bear, snake, cypress tree, and bow and arrow. Ares: Mars: God of war, violence, bloodshed and manly virtues. The son of Zeus and Hera, all the other gods despised him except Aphrodite. His Latin name, Mars, gave us the word "martial".
Apollo named the child after Coronis' nickname, Aegle. [10] Phoenician tradition maintains that Asclepius was born of Apollo without any woman involved. [11] According to the Roman version, Apollo, having learned about Coronis' betrayal with the mortal Ischys through his raven Lycius, killed her with his arrows. Before breathing her last, she ...
Phoebus Apollo may refer to: Apollo, a figure in Greek and Roman mythology, god of sun, medicine, music, poetry, and sciences. Apollo's chief epithet was Phoebus, literally "bright". Parnassius phoebus, a swallowtail butterfly commonly known as the Phoebus Apollo; A track by Carl Cox on the Hackers soundtrack
In classical mythology, Cupid / ˈ k j uː p ɪ d / (Latin: Cupīdō [kʊˈpiːdoː], meaning "passionate desire") is the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection. He is often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus and the god of war Mars. He is also known as Amor / ˈ ɑː m ɔːr / (Latin: Amor, "love"). His Greek ...