Myths
1. Apollo is the god of truth, the healer who taught men the art of healing, god of music who played beautiful music in Olympus with his golden lyre.
2. Myth about Apollo's birth: Apollo was born on the floating island of Delos. Apollo's oracle at Delphi plays an important role in Greek mythology. To win the oracle, Apollo had to kill Python, the son of Gaia, and he did.
3.1 Making fun: Apollo made a big mistake when he mocked the fellow god Eros. Apollo made fun of Eros by saying that he had no archery skill and was too small to have much significance. To prove Apollo wrong, Eros shot an arrow at Apollo making him obsessed with the sea nymph Dafne. Eros shot another arrow at Dafne making her unable to fall in love.
3.2 After Eros shot Apollo, Apollo pursued Dafne until she was exhausted and called for help to a river god. The river god changed Dafne into a laurel tree before Apollo could get to her. (This is the reason for one of Apollo's emblems being the laurel tree.)
4. Apollo's lyre: Hermes stole 50 of Apollo's cattle. When Apollo found out that Hermes stole them he looked for Hermes. When he found him, he demanded his cattle be returned until he spotted Hermes' golden lyre. Apollo offered that he would trade his 50 cattle to Hermes, if he could have his golden lyre.
1. Apollo is the god of truth, the healer who taught men the art of healing, god of music who played beautiful music in Olympus with his golden lyre.
2. Myth about Apollo's birth: Apollo was born on the floating island of Delos. Apollo's oracle at Delphi plays an important role in Greek mythology. To win the oracle, Apollo had to kill Python, the son of Gaia, and he did.
3.1 Making fun: Apollo made a big mistake when he mocked the fellow god Eros. Apollo made fun of Eros by saying that he had no archery skill and was too small to have much significance. To prove Apollo wrong, Eros shot an arrow at Apollo making him obsessed with the sea nymph Dafne. Eros shot another arrow at Dafne making her unable to fall in love.
3.2 After Eros shot Apollo, Apollo pursued Dafne until she was exhausted and called for help to a river god. The river god changed Dafne into a laurel tree before Apollo could get to her. (This is the reason for one of Apollo's emblems being the laurel tree.)
4. Apollo's lyre: Hermes stole 50 of Apollo's cattle. When Apollo found out that Hermes stole them he looked for Hermes. When he found him, he demanded his cattle be returned until he spotted Hermes' golden lyre. Apollo offered that he would trade his 50 cattle to Hermes, if he could have his golden lyre.