What did Apollo mean to ancient Greek people?

Apollo was an extremely important god, he was the god of a lot of things that the Greeks held in high importance like-The Sun,Music,Archery etc. therefore he was a very popularly worshiped god and a god that you would want to keep happy. read more

Apollo was an important god. He was the god of prophecy, medicine, archery, the sun, music, poetry, dance, light and herdsmen. So, basically, Apollo controlled what made life possible, and what made life worth living. For the ancient Greeks, Apollo wasn't a god you wanted to offend, if you liked your crops and herds, at least. read more

Apollo: Apollo, in Greco-Roman mythology, a deity of manifold function and meaning, one of the most widely revered and influential of all the ancient Greek and Roman gods. The son of Zeus and Leto, he was the god of crops and herds and the primary deity of the Delphic oracle. read more

For the Greeks, Apollo was all the Gods in one and through the centuries he acquired different functions which could originate from different gods. In archaic Greece he was the prophet, the oracular god who in older times was connected with "healing". read more