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Painted bust of Apollo Made in Italy Ancient Greek Style Figure 12 inches tall and around 8 inches wide (widest part) Greek/Roman Mythology Apollo was the god of practically everything – including but not limited to music, poetry, art, prophecy, truth, archery, plague, healing, sun, and light Apollo is one of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology. The national divinity of the Greeks, Apollo has been recognized as a god of archery, music and dance, truth and prophecy, healing and diseases, the Sun and light, poetry, and more. One of the most essential and complex Greek gods, he is the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis, the goddess of the hunt. As the most beautiful god and the ideal of the kouros (ephebe, or a beardless, athletic youth), Apollo is considered the most Greek of all the gods. Apollo is known in Greek-influenced Etruscan mythology as Apulu. Abode Mount Olympus Planet Sun Mercury [1] (antiquity) Animals Raven , swan , wolf Symbol Lyre , laurel wreath , python , bow and arrows, sword Tree laurel , cypress Day Sunday ( hēmérā Apóllōnos ) Mount A chariot drawn by swans