![]() ![]() His love for Koronis (Coronis) who was slain by Artemis for her infidelity. His love for the nymph Daphne who fled from him and was transformed into a laurel tree. His love for the youth Hyakinthos (Hyacinthus) who was killed by a discus throw and transformed into a flower. His music contest with the satyr Marsyas who lost and was flayed alive. The destruction of the Niobides whose mother had offended Leto with her boasts. The slaying of the giant Tityos who attempted to carry off the god's mother Leto. The slaying of the serpent Python which guarded the oracular shrine of Delphoi (Delphi). The most famous myths of Apollon include:. He was depicted as a handsome, beardless youth with long hair and attributes such as a wreath and branch of laurel, bow and quiver of arrows, raven, and lyre. Apollo Apollo, Athenian red-figure amphora C6th B.C., British MuseumĪPOLLON (Apollo) was the Olympian god of prophecy and oracles, music, song and poetry, archery, healing, plague and disease, and the protection of the young.
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