Hyacinthus was a beautiful spartan prince who was loved by the god apollo. When apollo accidentally killed his young lover with an errant discus throw, he turned his. When apollo was still young, he slew the terrible monster with his arrows.
A virgin goddess, she fiercely defended her chastity. Apollo was the roman god who inspired prophecy, poetry, music, and medicine. As one of zeus’ numerous lovers, she gave birth to apollo and artemis, two of the most important gods of the.
Sisyphus was a greek king famous for his cunning. Leto was the beautiful daughter of the titans coeus and phoebe. Artemis, one of the twelve olympians, was the greek goddess of the hunt, nature, and wild animals. Asclepius, son of apollo, was a physician so skilled that he could even heal the dead.
Icarus, son of daedalus, was imprisoned by king minos in the famous labyrinth. Daphne was a virginal nymph, the daughter of a greek river god. In her most famous myth, she was desired by the olympian god apollo and was only able to escape his. He escaped with his father using wings made of feathers and held together with wax.
Killed by the gods, asclepius ultimately became a god himself. He was so clever, in fact, that he managed to cheat death himself and live a longer life than the gods had intended. Apollo was one of the twelve olympians and the greek god of prophecy, healing, art, and culture. He embodied the greek ideal of masculine beauty.