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Apollo Cheat Sheet

Name:

• Apollōn (Ἀπόλλων) | Apollō 

Popular epithets:

• Phoibos (Phoebus) | Pythios | Paean | Hecatos | Musagetes |

Family:

• Koios & Phoebe  (Grandparents)
• Kronos & Rhea  (Grandparents)
• Zeus & Leto (Parents)
• Artemis (Twin sister)
• Asteria & Themis (Nurses)
• Hecate (Cousin)

Retinue:

• Mousai
• Horae
• Charites
• Nymphs
• Delian triad (Artemis and Leto)

Lovers:

• Calliope
• Cyrene
• Hyacinthus
• Daphne
• Cyparissus
• Admetus
• Thalia

Children:

• Aristaeus
• Asclepius
• Hymenaeus
• Korybantes
• Musa Apollonides
• Orpheus
• Philammon

God of:

Music | Poetry | Arts | Knowledge | Sun | Light | Rationality and reason | Law and Order | Prophecy | Purification | Healing | Civilization | Philosophy | Youth | Archery | Colonization | Pastures and cattle | Diseases |

Patron of:

Poets | Musicians | Writers | Prophets | Artists | Scholars | Archers | Shepherds | Cowherds | Astrologers | Nurses | Doctors | Scientists | Lawyers | Architects | Athletes | Philosophers

Protector of:

Foreigners | Sailors | Refugees | Children | Youths | Warriors | Cattle and flocks | Plant crops | Cities | Streets | Homes | Doors | Tombs

Residence: Mount Olympus | Hyperborea

Number: 7

Day: Sunday

Colors: White | Gold | Red

Stone: Amber | Hyacinth (Sapphire)

Celestial object: Sun

Appearance:

• Ideal kouros (beardless, athletic youth)

Symbols:

• Lyre | Bow and arrow | Laurel wreath | Sun

Scared plants:

• Laurel tree | Larkspur | Mistletoe | Cypress | Palm tree

Sacred animals and birds:

• Crow | Swan | Wolf | Griffin | Dolphin | Deer | Hawk | Mouse |

Weapons:

• Bow and arrows | Golden sword | Spear

Estates and attributes:

• The Oracular site of Delphi
• Golden bow, silver bow, golden arrows
• The Garden of Apollo in Hyperborea
• Sacred tripod
• Lyre and Cithara
• Golden Chariot
• Golden sword

Main sites of worship:

• Delphi | Delos | Hyperborea | Sparta | Didyma 

Sacred days:

• 7th day of every month | New moon day and full moon day of every month

Festivals:

• Thargelia | Hyacinthia | Pythian games | Carneia | Beodromia | Pyanopsia | Metageitnia | Actia | Apellai | Daphnephoria | Delphinia | Ludi Apollinares

Other epithets:

• Orthos Logos (The true word) 
• Cydimus Kouros (Renowned son; of Zeus)
• Panderkes Omma (The All-Seeing Eye) 
• Cyrius Orcheseos (Lord of the Dance) 
• Cyrus Aestheseon (Lord of feeling and sensation) 
• Mealioukhos Tyrannea (He who rules with sweetness)