Apollo is about to demonstrate why you don't want to anger the god of divine distance (retribution).
One of the most popular gods of the Greeks and Romans, Apollo had many aspects of power and responsibility. He was seen as the god of both religious and secular law, divine retribution, purification from quilt, crops, domesticated animals and protection from disease to name a few of his major responsibilities. As time marched on, Apollo was thought of as the Sun god, Helos, by the Greeks. A relationship that was not duplicated by the Romans and their Sun god Sol.
A lover of the lyre, Apollo was also the god of music, dance and poetry.
His twin sister was Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt. On the Isle of Pytho (Delphi) he killed the dreaded monster
Python (World Historyprof: Python the Fearsome) and established the Oracle of Delphi
His byname,
Phoebus, means "pure" or "bright" which inferred his connection with the Sun. He was also called
Lyceius, for his protection of farmers herds from wolves (lykoi being the Greek word for wolves) as well as
Nomios " herdsman."
I painted this plastic model of Apolo in the Spring of 2022.
