Apollo God Of Music Poetry Art Solid Bronze Statue Green Gold Handmade 8.6 Inches Height: 8.6 inches (21.8 cm) Width: 5 inches (12.7 cm) Depth: 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) Weight: 1.96 lbs (890 gr) God of the Sun, the Light, the Music & Prophecy Apollo is one of the most complex & important gods, & is the god of many things, including: music, poetry, art, oracles, archery, plague, medicine, sun, light & knowledge. He is the son of ZEUS & the Titan Leto, & was born on the Greek island of Delos, along with his older twin sister ARTEMIS - goddess of the hunt. Apollo is the ideal of the kouros, which means he has a beardless, athletic & youthful appearance. He is also an oracular god as a patron of Delphi & could predict prophecy through the Delphic Oracle Pythia. Both medicine & healing are associated with Apollo & were thought to sometimes be mediated through his son, Asclepius. However, Apollo could also bring ill-health & deadly plague. Apollo also became associated with dominion over colonists, & as the patron defender of herds & flocks. He was the leader of the Muses (also known as Apollon Musegetes) & was director of their choir - functioning as the patron god of music & poetry. The god HERMES creates the lyre for Apollo & this instrument became a known attribute for him. When hymns were sung to Apollo, they were called paeans At the drinking parties held on Olympus, Apollo accompanied the Muses on his cithara, while the young goddesses led the dance. Both Leto & Zeus were proud of their son, who was radiant with grace & beauty. Apollo was one of the few gods that the ROMANS KEPT THE SAME NAME. in Greek mythology, he was most widely known as the god of light. Within Roman mythology, he wasn’t known as much as the god of light & was focused mainly as the god of healing & prophecy. Apollo God Of Music Poetry Art Solid Bronze Statue Green Gold Handmade 8.6 Inches
