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Apollo

also: Ἀπόλλων, Phoebus, Φοῖβος, far-shooting Apollo, who works from afar

God of prophecy, music, and archery, son of Zeus and Leto, twin of Artemis. Hymn 3 tells of his birth on Delos and his founding of the Delphic oracle at Pytho; Hymns 4, 9, 16, 21, 24, 25, 27 also concern him.

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Mentioned in 4 works (169 mentions)

The Iliad poem · 103 mentions
The Odyssey poem · 26 mentions
The Homeric Hymns poem · 39 mentions
The Epigrams of Homer poem · 1 mention

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