Apollo

apollo is the twin brother of artemis.
apollo is the greek god of light, youth, healing, the arts, and the intellect. his shrine was that of the oracle of delphi, in honor of his having killed the python, a dragon.
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because the previous people got it wrong apollo is a greek g-d and his twin sister is artemis and not athena !!! the father is zeus the biggest g-d of the 12 g-ds 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 t-tan 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 -ssociated 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.
1. the greek god of the sun/light, nephew (or sumthing) of zeus.
2. lunar missions involving humans using sp-ce machinary to perform experiments on the moon.
1. apollo worshipers are in very small amounts in modern days, especially after the muslim and christian religions began to expand.
2. for those who belive apollo 9 was a hoax…
a famous theatre on the isle of wight that stages its self-made famous productions such as party people and freak
“you going to the apollo?”
“obviously.”
a small rural town in western pennsylvania with nothing to do except go to the pub or wengs chinese resteraunt.
person 1: “yo, you wanna head over to apollo tomorrow?”
person 2: “naw dude, that place is f-cking beat.”
apollo is the greek god of the sun, light, healing, music, poetry, archery, and prophecy.
apollo is my favorite greek god.
the best g-d d-mn place to get breakfast on a late start friday in burbank. double cheese burgers and breakfast burritos f-cking own your face.
max: hey it’s a late start on friday.
carlos: we go to apollo’s?
max: =d
carlos: mmmmmmmmm!