Apollo
The God of music, healing, and prophecy
General information
Apollo, the son of Zeus and Leto, was the god of music, prophecy, and healing. His main instrument was the lyre. He was the reason why if someone died all of a sudden, they would say they got shot by apollo's arrow.
Physical Information
Appollo was a strong man with long hair, his hair was either brown or blonde according to all the pictures. Apollo wasn't as ripped as his dad, but he was still on the very muscular side.
Background story 1
When Apollo was born he was born from Zeus and Leto, Apollo came out with his twin sister, Artemis. While Leto was pregnant, Hera, another one of Zeus' wives was furious. Apollo was the god of music and he played the lyre. Apollo was so talented at the Lyre he won several musical contests.
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Background story 2
Marsyas challenged Apollo to a musical contest. They decided that the muses were to be the judges of the competition. The two were neck and neck until the gods demanded that they play their instruments up side down. As a result of this Apollo won then tied Marsyas to a tree and he was transformed into a river.
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Present day Conections
A Mythological tie is the tie between the Apollo mission and the God Apollo. Another tie is Apollo Creed, a boxer from the rocky films.
Relationships
Apollo, the God of music, prophecy and healing was in love with nymphs. The Nymph he loved was Cyrene. He also love a mortal called Coronis.