![]() Apollo is known in Greek-influenced Etruscan mythology as Apulu.Īmong the proposed etymologies is the Hurrian and Hittite divinity, Aplu, who was widely invoked during the "plague years". Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto, and has a twin sister, the chaste huntress Artemis. The ideal of the kouros (a beardless, athletic youth), Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of light and the sun, truth and prophecy, healing, plague, music, poetry, and more. Images of human worshipping gods and goddesses take us to Ancient Alien Theory.Īpollo is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in ancient Greek and Roman religion, Greek and Roman mythology, and Greco-Roman Neopaganism. Some mythologists say that he was a sun god from Asia, who merged with a pastoral god from the countries north of Greece, known as Hyperborea, that is the "Far North" making him and the other gods extraterrestrials. ![]() The many and varying functions of Apollon suggest that the god had many personalities derived from various origins. Apollo was above all, a god of justice, law, and order. The influence of Apollo at Delphi helped to spread tolerance in all social ranks. His cult at Delphi had enormous influence on matters of state and religion, as well as on everyday law and order. Only his half brother, Hermes, dared to play a trick on him when he stole Apollo's cattle.Īs well as physical beauty, Apollo represented the moral excellence that we think of as civilization. He has been the subject of many great paintings and statues throughout the ages. Apollo was a sun god of great antiquity, yet he is represented as an ever youthful god, just, wise and of great beauty.
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