Apollo

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Apollo

• By Cameron Bumgarner

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Symbols, Objects, and Phenomenon

• Lyre
• Bow and Arrow
• Rising and
• setting sun

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Greek Roman Mythology

• Greek name -Apollo
• Roman name -Apollo
• Apollo
• -arts, music, healing, medicine, and archery.
• -represents harmony, order, civilization.
• -dolphin, wolf, and swan are sacred to Apollo.

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Apollos Birth

• Son of Zeus and the Titan Leto
• Twin of Artemis
• Hera was angered and wanted to destroy Leto
• Leto hid on the island Delos
• Apollo and Artemis were
• born on the island Delos
• 
  Apollo

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Powers

• Knowledge
• -Music
• -Medicine
• -civilization
• Prophecy
• Archery

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Apollos first love

• Nymph Daphne
• Daphne refused to love him in return
• Father asked her for a son in-law and
  grandchildren
• Apollo pursues her
• Daphne weakens and begs her father for help
• Father transforms her into a tree

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Apollos first love (continued)

• Apollo finds her stuck in a tree form
• Laurel Tree
• He decrees that the tree
• -Provide a crown
• -Hold Apollos lyre, bow, and quiver
• -made into wreaths for Roman commanders when
  Romans conquer the capitol

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Sources

• http//www.pantheon.org/articles/a/apollo.html
• http//www.loggia.com/myth/apollo.html
• http//www.loggia.com/myth/apollo2.html
• http//www.loggia.com/myth/lovesofapollo.html
• http//gogreece.about.com/cs/mythology/a/mythapoll
  o.htm
• http//homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/000Free/000Apo
  llo/ApolloAlbum.html