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Apollon

Apollon (FR) spelling of Greek Apollo (also known as Helios, Sol, Phoebus), one of the greatest of the Greek gods, the son of Zeus and Leto, god of prophecy, the arts, especially music (from the Muses), and archery. Patron of healing, medicine, and hunters, as well as wolves, he was already established as a god before being imported into Greece, probably from a culture farther to the east. He was associated with the sun and its traversal of the sky. Apollo loved Daphne (dawn and dew), but his…

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