Is Apollo a god?

Apollo is the Olympian god of the sun and light, music and poetry, healing and plagues, prophecy and knowledge, order and beauty, archery and agriculture. An embodiment of the Hellenic ideal of kalokagathia, he is harmony, reason and moderation personified, a perfect blend of physical superiority and moral virtue. read more

As the patron of Delphi (Pythian Apollo), Apollo was an oracular god—the prophetic deity of the Delphic Oracle. Medicine and healing are associated with Apollo, whether through the god himself or mediated through his son Asclepius, yet Apollo was also seen as a god who could bring ill-health and deadly plague. read more

The Greek god Apollo was the son of Zeus and the twin brother of Artemis, goddess of the hunt and the moon. Commonly conceived as the driver of the solar disc, Apollo in fact was patron of prophecy, music, intellectual pursuits, healing, and plague. read more