Apoll
Always had a bow and arrow.
Wore a laurel crown on his head.
God of music, prophecy, colonization, medicine, archery, poetry, dance, intellectual inquiry and the cartaker of herds and flocks. Also the god of light, and the god of plague.
Was known as the destroyer of rats and locusts.
The son of Zeus and Leto.
Twin brother of Artemis.
Was most famous for his tripod, which was a symbol of his prophetic powers.
A Few of His Love Affairs
This was invoked by the god of love, Eros.
Was infatuated with a nymph named Daphne.
Also fell in love with a nymph called Cyrene.
She bore him a son, Aristaeus.
She bore him a son, Trolius.
Fell in love with a mortal, Hecuba.
Fell in love with Cassandra, the sister of Trolius.
She rejected him, and he punished her by saying that none of her prophecies were never to be believed.
Myths About Apollo
Shot arrows of plague onto the Greek camps.
Attributes
Would give those guilty of murder and other immoral deeds a purification.
Could be ruthless when he was angry.
Rid the town Pytho of the monstrous beast, Python
Fell in love with many mortals, like his father, Zeus.
Other Titles
Being the god of shepherds, he was the "protector of the wolves."
"Lukeios"
"Nomius"
This means "of pastures, belonging to shepherds".
"Archigetes"
This means "leader of the colonists"