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In Greek and Roman mythology , Apollo (in Greek , Ἀπόλλων — Apóllōn or Ἀπέλλων — Apellōn ), is one of the most important and diverse of the Olympian deities . The ideal of the kouros (a beardless youth), Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of light and

In Greek mythology , the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans ( Greeks ) after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus , the king of Sparta . The war is among the most important events in Greek mythology and was narrated in many works of Greek literature

[ 1 ] Muwatalli II . He is one of the three deities named on the side of the city. In Homer , Apollo is the builder of the walls of Ilium, a god on the Trojan side. Further east of the Luwian language area, a Hurrian god Aplu was a deity of the plague — bringing it, or, if propitiated

This glossary of ancient Roman religion provides summary definitions of Latin terms, with links to articles on major concepts such as priesthoods, forms of divination, and rituals. The vocabulary of religion in ancient Rome was highly specialized, and often influenced later religious vocabulary

or navel, which Python guarded. Python became the chthonic enemy of the later Olympian deity Apollo , who slew her and remade her former home and the oracle, the most famous [ 3 ] in Classical Greece , as his own. Changes such as these in ancient myths may reflect a profound change in the

on multiple plateaux/terraces along the slope of Mount Parnassus , and includes the Sanctuary of Apollo ,the site of the ancient Oracle . This semicircular spur is known as Phaedriades , and overlooks the Pleistos Valley. Southwest of Delphi, about 15 km (9.3 mi) away,is the harbor-city of

The Pythia ( Greek : Πυθία ) was the priestess at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi , located on the slopes of Mount Parnassus . The Pythia was widely credited for her prophecies inspired by Apollo , giving her a prominence unusual for a woman in male-dominated ancient Greece . The Delphic

Greek mythology is embodied explicitly in a large collection of narratives and implicitly in Greek representational arts, such as vase-paintings and votive gifts . Greek myth attempts to explain the origins of the world and details the lives and adventures of a wide variety of gods, goddesses

artemes ), "safe", [ 11 ] or "ἄρταμος" ( artamos ) "a butcher". [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Birth Apollo (left) and Artemis . Brygos (potter, signed),