Apollo, one of the gatekeepers of the Moxia Catalogue

Apollo, the god of light and literature in Greek mythology, and the sun god in Roman mythology, has the same Greek name as the Roman one. Also known as Phobos (meaning "shining one", the modern Greek word is translated as Phoebus. ）

Apollo was the son of the supreme god Zeus and the goddess of darkness, Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis, who was delivered by his sister.

Apollo is typically represented with a lyre with a seven-string lyre in his right hand and a golden ball symbolizing the sun in his left hand. He was the patron saint of musicians, poets, and shooters.

He is the god of light, never lies, is bright and fair, and no darkness can be found in him, and is also called the god of truth.

He was wise, well-versed in the world, and a god of prophecy. He passed on the art of medicine to mankind and was also the god of medicine. He is proficient in archery, and he never misses. He was in charge of music, medicine, art, and prophecy, and was the most versatile and handsome deity in Greek mythology, as well as a symbol of masculine beauty.

As the patron saint of Delphi, Apollo issued an edict to the Temple of Delphi. Medicine and healing were associated with Apollo or his son Asclepius, and Apollo could also bring sickness and pestilence.

Apollo was the patron saint of the colonies and the patron saint of the shepherds. As the leader of Mius, he conducted them as they sang.

Hermes created the lira for him, and the instrument became the symbol of Apollo. The ode sung for Apollo is called paeans.

Note: Greek mythology, i.e., all myths, oral or written, about the gods, heroes, nature, and cosmic history of the ancient Greeks.

Greek mythology is one of the components of ancient Greek religion. Modern scholars are more inclined to study mythology because it actually reflects the religious and political system of ancient Greece. Civilization and the essential reason for the emergence of these myths.

Some theologians even believe that the ancient Greeks created these myths to explain all the events they encountered.

Greek mythology encompasses a large number of legends, many of which are represented through Greek art, such as pottery paintings and relief art in ancient Greece.

These legends are intended to explain the origins of the world and tell the lives and adventures of the gods and heroes, as well as the special views on the creatures of the time.

These myths began by word of mouth, and most of the Greek myths or legends known today have their roots in ancient Greek literature. The earliest known works of ancient Greek literature are Homer's narrative epics The Iliad and The Odyssey, which focus on the major events associated with the Trojan War.

The two poems of Hesiod, which were essentially contemporaries of Homer, "The Divine Genealogy" and "Work and the Days", contain the views and understandings of the scholars of the time on the origin of the world, the continuation of the theocratic rule and the human age, and the origin of human suffering and sacrificial activities.

In addition to the Homeric Epics, it is possible to learn from the Epic Cycle, lyric poetry, tragic works from the 5th century BC, scholarly works and poems from the Hellenistic period, and works from the period of the Roman Empire. Traces of Greek mythology are found in works such as Plutarch and Pausanias.

Greek mythology has now been archaeologically proven by the many ornamental stories of gods and heroes in art.

The geometric design on pottery from the 8th century BC vividly records scenes from the siege of Troy and the adventures of Hercules.

In the subsequent Archaic period. During the Classical Greek period and the Hellenistic period, a large number of other mythological scenes were supported by literary evidence.

Greek mythology has had a clear and profound influence on Western culture, art, literature, and language. Many poets and artists, from ancient Greece to modern times, have drawn inspiration from Greek mythology. and give it a modern meaning.

Nowadays, Greek mythology is mostly derived from Greek literature and works of the geometric art period from 900 to 800 BC.

Mythological narratives have played an important role in almost every Greek literature. Nevertheless. The library is the only manuscript of Greek mythology drawings that has been preserved from the ancient Greek period.

The work contains a wealth of primary material on Greek mythology (e.g., genealogies of the gods). It is mainly based on heroic mythology, which is an important document for modern scholars to study ancient Greek mythology.

Since Apollodorus, who lived between 180 and 120 BCE, wrote so many of his works based on it, it is now customary to refer to the author of the book as "pseudo-Apollodorus".

The earliest references are Homer's two epic poems: the Iliad and the Odyssey. Other epics in this area are all boiled down to the Epic Integration. But these works are basically unexaminable by now.

Although the original title of this collection was "Homeric Praises", it has nothing to do with Homer, and they are actually praise poems that have been handed down from the early period of lyric poetry.

Hesiod, the poet of Homer's basic contemporary, in his work Genealogy of the Gods ("The Origin of the Gods"), comprehensively records the early Greek myths of the formation of the world, the origin of the gods, the Titans, and the giants, as well as detailed genealogies, folklore, and myths about the history of human diseases.

Hesiod's Work and Time systematically records the knowledge of agricultural production at that time, and shows the calm and beautiful scenes of rural life.

It includes depictions of Prometheus, Pandora, and the Five Eras. These psalms give advice and a complete picture of the best way to live in that perilous time.

Lyric poetry often uses mythology as a backdrop, but their descriptions often deviate from the facts and add fantasies to multiple authors.

The more famous lyric poets of ancient Greece include Pindar, Baicredes, and Simonides, as well as the idyllic poets Theocleitus and Peon, whose works contain a large number of mythological elements.

Mythology was also a central theme in classical Athenian theatre. Most of the tragedies of the three great tragedies, Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, are set against the backdrop of the heroes of the Age of Mythology and the Trojan War.

Many famous tragic stories (such as Agamemnon and his children, Oedipus, Iason, and Medea) are used as themes in classical tragedy. The comedian Aristophanes also used mythology as a theme in his works "Birds" and "Frogs".

The historians Herodotus and Diodorus, as well as the geographers Paulanias and Strabo, all made trips across Greece, and they all recorded stories they heard along the way, and their records proved that there were a large number of different versions of myths and legends from different regions that were not well known.

Herodotus, in particular, studied a large number of traditions and found many historical or mythological roots in Greece and the East. He also tried to reconcile these origins and bring together different cultural ideas.

The poetry of the Hellenistic civilization and the ancient Roman period was more literary. Despite this, it still contains many important details that are lost in other works. These works include:

1. The works and commentaries of the Roman poet Ovid (Metamorphosis), Statius, Gaius, Seneca and Virgil, and Servius;

2. The poets of the Greek Antiquity: the works of Dinus, Antoninus, Lebrais and Quintus Smyrnaeus;

3. Poets of the Hellenistic period: works by Apollonius, Carimachus, Pseudo-Eratostny and Partini;

4. The works of the novelists Aperias, Petronius, Lorianus and Heliodoros of ancient Greece and Rome.

Roman writers, such as the pseudo-Phineus, used fabrication and astronomy as the two most important compendiums of mythology. The imagination of Philostellatos the Old and Philostellatos the Younger, as well as the description of Calistratos, are two other sources of mythology.

Eventually, Anobius and some Byzantine Greek writers perfected the details of the myth based on earlier Greek writings, which are now unavailable.

The preserved books of these myths include the Souda Lexicon of Hesikios and the treatises of John Tezer and Ustatius. (To be continued......)