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c th b.c., british museum apollon (apollo) was the olympian god of prophecy and oracles, music, song and poetry, archery, healing, plague and disease, and the protection of the young. he was depicted as a handsome, beardless youth with long hair and attributes such as a wreath and branch of laurel, bow
him (hebdomagetês, aeschyl. sept. ; comp. callim. hymn. in del. , &c.), and his festivals usually fell on the seventh of a month. immediately after his birth, apollo was fed with ambrosia and nectar by themis, and no sooner had he tasted the divine food, than he sprang up and demanded a lyre and a bow...
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