The God of sun

 Leto, (Apollo’s mother) had an affair with Zeus and was soon to have a child.  Hera was furious and cursed Leto so she could not have a child on firm land.  Hera sent the great serpent Python after Leto, but south wind faster making python drift away.  Soon she gave birth to a set of twins on the island of Delos (a floating island). They were named Apollo and Artemis.

 Apollo is the sun God and the god of art.  Apollo was the most beautiful of all Gods.  As a child he went on many adventures and was very mischievous.  Later in Apollo’s life he became a patron of music, poetry, mathematics, and medicine.  Although Apollo did good deeds, he also did many cruel deeds.

 Myth 1- Apollo seeked vengeance on the snake Python (Hera’s snake) because it tried to kill Leto, his mother. He killed Python with Hephaestus’s bow and arrow.  Myth 2- Apollo wanted to be the best in every art, but a satyr named Marsyas was just as good as him. Apollo challenged him to a contest. The loser will have a penalty chosen by the winner. Apollo won by cheating, so he skinned Marsyas alive and nailed his skin to a tree. A stream of water gushed out of the tree roots and created a river.