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    Apollo Greek God

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    In this paragraph, I will be introducing you who and what my Greek god report is about. Apollo is the god of music, poetry, and sun. Apollo’s Roman name is Apollo which is the same. Apollo can usually be found in Mount Olympus. The important powers that he has is healing,prophecy and oracles, plague and disease, and driving by the sun in a chariot without getting burnt. Apollo’s mother is Leto, the Titan goddess, and his father is Zeus, the god of lightning. His relatives are Poseidon, Hades

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    Apollo is also known as Phorbus or Archer, was the Greek god of the sun, music, light, prophecy, healing, archery and creating the science of medicine and giving it to the man. Apollo was someone it was hard to miss since he was very attractive, he was a blonde, muscular and always kept a clean shaved face. Apollo's family was quite large between his own family and his ancestors. Like his father Zeus, apollo has many strengths and weaknesses as well he is represented with many different symbols

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    Archaic Apollo Poem

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    Poem Commentary; Archaic Torso of Apollo “Archaic Torso of Apollo” is a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke. Rilke was a Bohemian-Austrian poet and the poem has been translated from German to English. The poem’s literal reference is to a statue named the Miletus Torso. The marble statue represents a male’s torso with no head, arms, or legs and is suspected to be a depiction of a Greek god. It currently resides in the Louvre Museum in Paris. “Archaic Torso of Apollo” is a sonnet with typical stanza and rhyme

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    Apollo Belvedere Gender

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    The absolute pinnacle of Greek idealism and realism, the Apollo Belvedere, is incredibly life-like, looking more like an actual human being than a solid, immobile statue. Much like other Greek sculptures of the past, the Apollo Belvedere is meant to represent the ideal form of masculinity, and chooses the Greek god Apollo as the embodiment of these traits. The sculpture depicts Apollo, aiming a bow at an unnamed foe, while still remaining incredibly beautiful, calm, and composed. The figure embodies

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    Apollo Human Condition

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    Without a doubt, Apollo is greatly criticized in this play. He does Creusa wrong by raping her, and further wrongs her by abandoning her. He conceals himself due to his guilt, and even when confronted in his own temple, he remains silent. As Louise E. Matthaei puts it, “Apollo is the mean seducer, the cheat; Apollo is the patcher-up, who wants to gloss over the mischief he has done with a cheap remedy of comfort for his victims; Apollo is the coward, who does not dare face his victim, but skulks

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    Apollo 11 “Nothing since Apollo has come close to the excitement that was generated by those astronauts: Armstrong, Aldrin, and the ten others who followed them”. (“Apollo”). Being launched on the fourteenth of July in the year 1969, Apollo 11 had created a whole new period of space exploration and technology, defeating the Soviets in the Space Race, and bringing the end of the Cold War closer and to our favor. The Apollo 11 Mission had taken a major part in forming what is now today’s science,

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    Part One: Apollo and Daphne, a Baroque sculpture, was chiseled by Bernini during the time of the Catholic Reformation, or Counter-Reformation. The Catholic Reformation was when the Catholic Church began a movement to gain a larger following of Catholicism and reclaim power. As a result, church leaders (in this case Cardinal Borghese) commissioned works of art that had a sensory appeal and could evoke a more emotional response by capturing the attention of its observer. For this reason, Apollo and Daphne

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    Apollo Vs Artemis Essay

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    millennia, that has inspired numerous books and movies alike. While the family tree of the Gods is a huge, and slightly confusing article of notice, full of many characters, both monstrous and beatific, two siblings are worth noting more so than others. Apollo and Artemis, twin siblings of the moon and sun, patron of archers, have been a subject of fascination for historians and mythology fans alike. These siblings have been known as both ruthless and fair on many occasions in Greek literature and are believed

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    Apollo According to the Greek poet Hesiod, “Apollo is the son of the Olympian Zeus and Titan Leto who is the goddess of dark nights. Artemis is his twin sister, who is also an Olympian”(Hesiod). He is the god of sun, light, music, and prophecy. Besides, he is also the god for both medicine and healing. Apollo is associated with medicine and healing through his son, Asclepius. Yet, he could bring ill health and deadly plague (Houle 34). He is feared as he is able to bring ill health to mortals. Apollo

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    Character’s Name: Apollo Meaning(s): destroy or destroyer Analysis: The term destroy or destroyer fits the character of Apollo throughout the book. In the beginning, Apollo gets punished by Zeus for the battle between Gaea and the gods. A lot of destruction was involved in that incident; therefore, Apollo caused the destruction, anything that was destroyed. Throughout the middle of the book, small fights or battles occurred because of Apollo. The fights would end with streets, houses

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