Apollo was known as the Greek/Roman deity of light and the sun; truth and prophecy; archery; medicine and healing; music, poetry, and the arts. He was the child of Zeus and Leto making him one of the the twelve Olympians. He also has a twin sister named Artemis, who was know to the Romans as Diana. He was the leader of the Muses and was give a lyre by his half-brother Hermes. This instrument would later become a symbol for Apollo. Apollo assisted his sister Diana the Huntress in protecting Greece from the Nazis. During one of his adventures, Kid Eternity summons Apollo, Thor, and Robin Hood to help him fight crime. Yankee Longago meets Apollo as well as his fellow Olympians Pan, Vulcan, Apollo, Mercury, Venus, Bacchus, and Mars. Craig Carter can summon Apollo and other mythological figures from his magic ring. Both the Greeks and the Romans called him Apollo. He is the only one of the Greek mythological figures to keep his name unchanged in both mythologies.
| Alias Apollo |
| Real Names/Alt Names Ἀπόλλων, Apollo |
| Characteristics Hero, Doctor, Myths & Legends, Deity, Immortal, Prehuman Epoch, Greek, Italian, Twin |
| Creators/Key Contributors Unknown |
| First Appearance Greek mythology |
| First Publisher ○ |
| Appearance List Literature: Homer’s Odyssey (c. 8th century BCE, English 1614), Homer’s Iliad (c. 8th century BC), Virgil’s Aeneid (29 to 19 BC), Metamorphoses (poem) by Ovid (8 CE), plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Plato, Shakespeare, Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy (1308–1320), The Story of Greece: Told to Boys and Girls by Mary Macgregor (191-?) [Internet Archive], etc. |
| Sample Read Bulfinch’s Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch [Internet Archive] |
| Description Apollo was known as the Greek/Roman deity of light and the sun; truth and prophecy; archery; medicine and healing; music, poetry, and the arts. He was the child of Zeus and Leto making him one of the the twelve Olympians. He also has a twin sister named Artemis, who was know to the Romans as Diana. He was the leader of the Muses and was give a lyre by his half-brother Hermes. This instrument would later become a symbol for Apollo. Apollo assisted his sister Diana the Huntress in protecting Greece from the Nazis. During one of his adventures, Kid Eternity summons Apollo, Thor, and Robin Hood to help him fight crime. Yankee Longago meets Apollo as well as his fellow Olympians Pan, Vulcan, Apollo, Mercury, Venus, Bacchus, and Mars. Craig Carter can summon Apollo and other mythological figures from his magic ring. Both the Greeks and the Romans called him Apollo. He is the only one of the Greek mythological figures to keep his name unchanged in both mythologies. |
| Source Apollo – Public Domain Super Heroes Wiki |



