Apollo[a] is one of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman
religion and Greek and Roman mythology. The national divinity of the
Greeks, 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. One of the most important and complex of the Greek
gods, he is the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis,
goddess of the hunt. Seen as the most beautiful god and the ideal of
the kouros (ephebe, or a beardless, athletic youth), Apollo is
considered to be the most Greek of all the gods. Apollo is known in
Greek-influenced Etruscan mythology as Apulu.Apollo[a] is one of the
Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and
Roman mythology. The national divinity of the Greeks, 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. One of the
most important and complex of the Greek gods, he is the son of Zeus
and Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis, goddess of the hunt. Seen
as the most beautiful god and the ideal of the kouros (ephebe, or a
beardless, athletic youth), Apollo is considered to be the most Greek
of all the gods. Apollo is known in Greek-influenced Etruscan
mythology as Apulu.As the patron deity of Delphi (Apollo Pythios),
Apollo is an oracular godâ€"the prophetic deity of the Delphic Oracle.
Apollo is the god who affords help and wards off evil; various
epithets call him the "averter of evil". Delphic Apollo is the patron
of seafarers, foreigners and the protector of fugitives and
refugees.Medicine and healing are associated with Apollo, whether
through the god himself or mediated through his son Asclepius. Apollo
delivered people from epidemics, yet he is also a god who could bring
ill-health and deadly plague with his arrows. The invention of archery
itself is credited to Apollo and his sister Artemis. Apollo is usually
described as carrying a golden bow and a quiver of silver arrows.
Apollo's capacity to make youths grow is one of the best attested
facets of his panhellenic cult persona. As the protector of young
(kourotrophos), Apollo is concerned with the health and education of
children. He presided over their passage into adulthood. Long hair,
which was the prerogative of boys, was cut at the coming of age
(ephebeia) and dedicated to Apollo. Apollo Top Movies & Young Movies