APOLLO(阿波羅介紹)

1、 Apllo,who is my idol, is one of the most important and diverse of the Olympian deities in Greek and Roman mythology. He is worshiped in both ancient Greek and Roman religion. He was the son of Zeus and LetoAccording to Greek mythology，Leto was driven by Hera from land to land at last. Poseidon took

2、 pity on her and brought the island of Delos out of water for her to live onThere she gave birth to the twins ，Apollo and Artemis Apollo was the sun-godHe wore a purple robeHe usually sat in his bright eastern palace early in the morning and made ready to start his daily journey across the skyDuring

3、 the day he roved his carriage of gold and ivory ， and brought light， life and love to the great world below Late in the afternoon he came to the end of his journey in the far western sea and got on his golden boat to return to his eastern home In other words, Apollo symboled for light, hope, dilige

4、nce. This was the most important reason why I think Apollo is the god most widely admired. Apollo was the god of musicHe could stir up all feelingsThese f e e l i n g s a r e expressed in lofty songsAs the proverb says, music is a special gift.instrument: lyre(里拉琴) Whats more,Apollo is infatuated wi

5、th Daphne. Daphne was a lovely fairy.One day when she play in the forest,she found Apollo with admiration in his eyes staring at her.Unluckly,Daphne did not love Apollo.So she crossed the desert and forest woods in order to keeping far away from Apollo. But Apollo love Daphne so much. he begged his

6、beloved maiden to slow down. He is afraid of Daphne in the stone road might fall and h u r t h e r s p a r k l i n g skin.Finally,with Daphnes father help,Daphne turned into a laurel tree.Apllo heave great sighs to embrace the trunk. To show his forover love for the maiden, he decided that the laure

7、l would be his favorite tree, and decided to use it as a kind of honor and prestige of the award, granted it to those eternal poets and poetry. All in all,Apollo represents order,harmony,and civilization in a way that most other Olympian deities cannot quite equal.He is most often associated with the cultivated arts of m