ApolloAppearance of Apollo: a young man with curly golden hair. Symbol or attribute: the sun itself, the lyre (a type of musical instrument), the bow, and the chariot he drives through the sky every day. Apollo's strengths: Creative, beautiful, favorable to all the arts of civilization.Weaknesses: Like his father Zeus, Apollo is only too happy to enjoy the charms of nymphs, as well as the occasional youth, and his conquests number in the dozens.Apollo's birthplace: on the sunny Greek island of Delos, where he was born with his twin sister, Artemis. Another tradition attributes the islands of Lato, today called Paximadia, off the southern coast of Crete. Spouse: Apollo had many meetings, but no marriage. Flings with Cassandra, to whom he gave the gift of prophecy; Daphne, who escaped from his embrace and turned into a laurel; and Calliope, with whom he had a child, Orpheus. The children of Apollo: the semi-divine singer-enchanter Orpheus and Asklepios, god of healing, are the most famous of Apollo's descendants. Some major sites of the temple of 'Apollo: the mountain city of Delphi, where some columns of an ancient temple of Apollo still stand. The island of Delos is also sacred to him, but no temple remains there today. Basic History: Apollo was the son of the supreme Greek god Zeus and Leto, a nymph. Hera, the wife of Zeus, was outraged and convinced Earth to refuse to allow Leto to give birth anywhere on its surface. But the island of Delos allowed Leto to take refuge there and give birth to Apollo and his twin sister, Artemis, goddess of the hunt and wild things. The goddess Themis helped raise him by giving him ambrosia, the sacred nectar of the gods. Interesting fact: Apollo Delphinus or Delphinius was the dolphin form of the god and was worshiped at Delphi - despite its location high in the mountains. He was also believed to have destroyed an evil serpent at Delphi and was the patron god of the oracle. The Greek god Apollo and his twin sister Artemis were born to Leto, a Titan goddess who was impregnated by Zeus during one of his many affairs. When Hera discovered that her husband had impregnated another goddess. Angry, Hera would not allow Leto to bear her children. Eventually, Leto found an island that agreed to allow her to give birth, and this island was named Delos...