Apollo was born long ago and was the son of Zeus and Leto and was the twin brother of Artemis. Apollo was the god of music (mainly the lyre and directed the choir of the Muses). He was the god of prophesy, colonization, medicine, archery (not in the sense of hunting or was, but instead of sport), poetry, dance, intellectual inquiry and the carer of herds and flocks. Apollo was known by many names, but to the Romans, he was known as “Phoebus” meaning radiant or beaming; he was also sometimes identified as “Helios” the son god. Apollo was also known for being the god of plague and was worshipped as “Sminthues” (from sminthos, rat) and as “Parnopius” (from parnops, grasshopper). He did no use his devastating plague powers to kill and destroy, but instead he used it to benefit his people. He wasn’t known as the destroyer of rats and locust for nothing; according to Homer’s Iliad, Apollo shot arrows of plague into the Greek camp. Apollo being the god of religious healing would give those guilty of murder and other immoral deeds a ritual purification.
Apollo’s birth was one of bravery and struggle for Apollo’s mother was Leto; not Hera. Since Hera had forbidden Leto to stay anywhere on earth, either on terra-forma or an island at sea, the only possible place she could have given birth was Delos, being in the center of the Agean, and also difficult to reach, as there were strong under-currents, because it was said to be a floating island. Then because it was a floating island it wasn’t considered either of Hera’s prohibitions, and so Leto was able to give birth to divine twins, Apollo and Artemis. Legend has it that before Leto gave birth to Apollo the island was encircles by a flock of swans, this is why the swan was sacred to him.
Apollo’s first achievement was to rid Pytho (Delphi) of the serpent (or dragon) Python. This monstrous beast protected the sanctuary of Pytho from its lair beside the Castalian Spring. There it stood guard while the “Sybyl” gave out her prophesies as she inhaled the trance inducing vapors from an open chasm. Apollo killed the fearsome Python with his bow and arrows. After that Apollo not only took charge of the oracle, but rid the neighboring country sides of widespread destruction, as Python had destroyed crops, sacked villages and polluted streams and springs. Although he did well in ridding the country sides of the monster, Python was son of Gaia. Honorably, Apollo served king Ademetus for nine years to recompense for the loss of his son. After he finished his service, Apollo returned to Pytho in the guise of a dolphin bringing with him priests from Crete (Apollo’s cult title “Delphinious” meaning dolphin or porpoise, or porpoise is probably how Delphi was named.)
Three major national problems that we have today that Apollo would try to fix would be the AIDS crisis which has affected neighboring countries, as well as the war on terrorism and Iraq which has left our once great nation in a state of debt. Apollo, being the god of music would also try and solve the gang violence problem that is affecting our nation’s youth today. First of all Apollo the god of medicine would provide our best doctors with the information needed to end and cure all of the people infected with the AIDS virus not only in our country, but in other countries who can’t afford the proper health treatment that we can today. Apollo’s war on war would start by introducing alternatives to war and weaponry. Instead of using weapons for war or hunting they would instead be used for sport and instead of war starting in the first place to avoid economic debt and reduce the death rate of our people and other countries, Apollo would establish a special organization for solving conflicts between countries.
Remember friends Apollo’s the man with the helping hand. If you want change in our country for the better then don’t vote Apollo. If you don’t want a cure to diseases affecting counties around the world then don’t vote Apollo. If you don’t want your child to grow up in a society where war is legend not reality then don’t vote Apollo. But if you do want to vote for someone who will run our country into the ground then vote for someone other than Apollo. Thank you this has been a public service announcement for the 2009 elections.
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Apollo’s birth was one of bravery and struggle for Apollo’s mother was Leto; not Hera. Since Hera had forbidden Leto to stay anywhere on earth, either on terra-forma or an island at sea, the only possible place she could have given birth was Delos, being in the center of the Agean, and also difficult to reach, as there were strong under-currents, because it was said to be a floating island. Then because it was a floating island it wasn’t considered either of Hera’s prohibitions, and so Leto was able to give birth to divine twins, Apollo and Artemis. Legend has it that before Leto gave birth to Apollo the island was encircles by a flock of swans, this is why the swan was sacred to him.
Apollo’s first achievement was to rid Pytho (Delphi) of the serpent (or dragon) Python. This monstrous beast protected the sanctuary of Pytho from its lair beside the Castalian Spring. There it stood guard while the “Sybyl” gave out her prophesies as she inhaled the trance inducing vapors from an open chasm. Apollo killed the fearsome Python with his bow and arrows. After that Apollo not only took charge of the oracle, but rid the neighboring country sides of widespread destruction, as Python had destroyed crops, sacked villages and polluted streams and springs. Although he did well in ridding the country sides of the monster, Python was son of Gaia. Honorably, Apollo served king Ademetus for nine years to recompense for the loss of his son. After he finished his service, Apollo returned to Pytho in the guise of a dolphin bringing with him priests from Crete (Apollo’s cult title “Delphinious” meaning dolphin or porpoise, or porpoise is probably how Delphi was named.)
Three major national problems that we have today that Apollo would try to fix would be the AIDS crisis which has affected neighboring countries, as well as the war on terrorism and Iraq which has left our once great nation in a state of debt. Apollo, being the god of music would also try and solve the gang violence problem that is affecting our nation’s youth today. First of all Apollo the god of medicine would provide our best doctors with the information needed to end and cure all of the people infected with the AIDS virus not only in our country, but in other countries who can’t afford the proper health treatment that we can today. Apollo’s war on war would start by introducing alternatives to war and weaponry. Instead of using weapons for war or hunting they would instead be used for sport and instead of war starting in the first place to avoid economic debt and reduce the death rate of our people and other countries, Apollo would establish a special organization for solving conflicts between countries.
Remember friends Apollo’s the man with the helping hand. If you want change in our country for the better then don’t vote Apollo. If you don’t want a cure to diseases affecting counties around the world then don’t vote Apollo. If you don’t want your child to grow up in a society where war is legend not reality then don’t vote Apollo. But if you do want to vote for someone who will run our country into the ground then vote for someone other than Apollo. Thank you this has been a public service announcement for the 2009 elections.
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