Historical story

Let's talk about Apollo, the symbol of the sun!

My favorite game is the "Saga Series", but I think Saga2 is one of the best masterpieces. The only drawback is that the defense system, which is the last boss, was not very strong and had a small impact. After all, even though it was the last boss, the previous boss was overwhelmingly stronger.

Apollo was the strongest enemy. He handles all attacks with the shield of Aegis, and attacks of all attributes do not work, and he fires the strongest magic called flare in the habit of not becoming abnormal.

I wonder how annihilated it was.

As an elementary school student at the time, I thought that Apollo was the character that appeared in the game. However, at the planetarium I went on an excursion when I was in elementary school, I learned that Apollo was the name of God.

Then it will be. What made me addicted to Greek mythology?

This time, the story of Apollo

Zeus's son and Olympus 12 Pillar of God

Apollo is the son of Zeus, the god of Greek mythology and the main god, and Leto, the goddess.

There is another Artemis between Zeus and Leto, but since Zeus was married to Hera in the first place, the birth of the two gods would be angry with Hera as usual.

Knowing Leto's pregnancy, Hera lost her place to give birth on earth and sent a viper to kill her Leto. Hera is still scary. When I found out that it wasn't a poisonous snake, I tried to kill Leto by using even a giant, so I think it's a middle-aged spatula, but she feels sorry for being cheated. After all, Zeus is bad ...

Gradually, Leto succeeds in giving birth to Artemis and Apollo. Apollo was born on the island of Delos, which later became famous for the Delian League, and it seems that Zeus' brother Poseidon helped give birth.

The moment Apollo was born, the earth smiled and the swan covered the sky, so it should be called the sun god.

Apollo is regarded as the god of cattle breeding and prophecy, and the temple of Delphi, which is very important when talking about Greece, enshrines Apollo. The Delphic oracle was absolutely regarded in the Greek world, and it was said that it could not escape the prophecy as depicted in "King Oedipus".

Each Greek city also decided its politics by the oracle of Delphi, and it was only Alexander the Great who politicized against it. The Great King may not have listened to the Delphic oracle because he believed himself to be a child of Zeus.

He loves the lyre as an instrument and is also the god of music and poetry. How many do you control by yourself! It is tempting to say that Apollo is a god with such an important role.

He used a bow and arrow as a weapon, and was built into a plague because a human would die in an instant, and was also considered to be the god of plague.

Apollo has a strong intellectual image, but he is also proud of his power, and if he gets serious, he will crush rocks with his fist, so he is probably stronger than the strongest Hercules of humankind. He can be said to be the strongest god except Zeus. In fact, Apollo and Heracles have succeeded in overthrowing the giant Epiartes, who should be invincible to the gods.

Not as much as my father

He doesn't like Zeus, but Apollo also likes women.

There are several children with human women, including Asclepius, who is said to be the god of medicine, and the worst is probably the story of Cassandra, who also appears in the Trojan War.

Apollo, who likes her beauty of Troy's princess Cassandra, begins to persuade her. If you go out with me, you will be endowed with the ability of prophecy! Cassandra predicts that she will be abandoned after being played by Apollo because of her ability, although she has persuaded her princess with a pick-up line that is almost impossible for humans.

As expected, Zeus's son, blood can't fight.

Cassandra thereby rejects Apollo's persuasion, but Apollo gets angry and casts a curse that no one believes in Cassandra's prophecies. It's a god, but the vessel isn't big. Ancient gods are relatively easy to get angry.

Apollo and Daphne

Apollo saw Eros (Cupid) playing with a bow and arrow and slammed it. Children shouldn't use such things as toys.

Eros happened to shoot a golden arrow at Apollo and a lead arrow at Daphne, the daughter of the river god who was playing in the river.

Apollo, shot by a golden arrow, falls in love with Daphne, but Daphne, shot by her lead arrow, makes a strong refusal to Apollo.

Apollo relentlessly chases and Daphne rejects. Her cornered Daphne begs her father, the river god, to change herself. The moment Apollo tried to touch Daphne, Daphne turned into her laurel.

Filled with sorrow, Apollo is said to have been wearing a laurel crown since then.

It's a sad story.