00:14God of Music, playing the Golden Lion, God of Archer, far shooting with a golden bow,
00:23God of Medicine, spreading the art of healing, God of Truth, who speaketh not a lie, I am Apollo, Leader
00:35of the Muses, Patron of Delphi.
00:42Apollo, the Olympian God of the Sun and Light, Music and Poetry, Prophecy and Divination, Healing and Diseases.
00:52The archer, the bright one, the one who speaks crookedly, the charioteer of the patient year.
00:59Apollo was the son of the king god, Zeus, and the titanus, Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis, goddess
01:06of the hunt.
01:08His mother, Leto, was one of Zeus' many lovers, and thus, incurred the wrath of Hera, queen of the gods.
01:15When the titanus was heavily pregnant, with Apollo and Artemis, Hera sent a ferocious dragon python, to pursue her throughout
01:23the earth, and cursed all the lands, to shun her, so she would not find any place, on solid land,
01:29to give birth.
01:31But the sea god, Poseidon, took pity on Leto, and showed her the floating island, of Delos, where she first
01:38delivered Artemis, while balancing her body, on an olive branch.
01:43Artemis grew up right away, then helped her mother, deliver Apollo.
01:48Apollo grew strong, and tall, after being fed, with ambrosia, and nectar, for four days.
01:55Every single day, he would mount his chariot of four horses, and drive across the sky, dragging the sun, along
02:03with him.
02:04The sun god, was the most good-looking male god, among the Olympians, having golden hair, a beardless face, blue
02:12eyes, and a muscular build.
02:15He was often shown, with a crown of laurel, on his head, carrying in his hands, either a bow and
02:21an arrow, a sacrificial tripod, or a lyre.
02:25The lyre, is perhaps, his most famous symbol, which was given to him, by the then little messenger god, Hermes,
02:32as an appeasement, for stealing Apollo's favorite cattle.
02:36Although he was a cool, and calm-headed god, Apollo was also quick to anger, a trait shared, by almost
02:43all the members, of his Olympian family.
02:46He punished severely, whoever dared to disrespect him, or his family, or question his honor.
02:53To avenge his mother's suffering, Apollo trailed the dragon python, that once terrorized his mother, to its place of abode,
03:01and shot it with his arrows, wounding it.
03:04He pursued the dragon python, to Gaia's ancient sanctuary, in Delphi, where the monster had hidden itself, and finally killed
03:12it.
03:13Apollo decided to remain in Delphi, afterward, and claimed the sanctuary, to his name.
03:20There, he used his gifts of prophecy, to answer the questions of mortals, and divine their future.
03:27The high priestess, Pythia, was then chosen, to preside over the temple of Apollo, at Delphi, serving as its oracle.
03:43The high priestess, Pythia, was then chosen to remain in Delphi, during the temple of Apollo, at Delphi, serving as
03:46its oracle.
03:46The high priestess, Pythia, was then chosen, to remain in Delphi.
03:50The high priestess was born in Delphi, as its oracle, and the priestess was born in Delphi.
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