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Roman fresco: Apollo and Artemis shoot the sons of Niobe, who flee (partly on horseback) in an idyllic landscape, 1st c. BC - 1st c. AD Roman sarcophagus: Apollo and Artemis killing the 14 children of Niobe (front side). Artemis; 5 daughters with a nurse; younger son with a pedagogue; 3 other sons; Apollo. Top: dead Niobids. 160–170 Ad
Using arrows, Artemis killed Niobe's daughters and Apollo killed Niobe's sons. According to some versions, at least two of Niobe's children (usually Meliboea, along with her brother Amyclas in other renderings) was spared. Their father, Amphion, at the sight of his dead sons, either killed himself or was killed by Apollo for having sworn revenge.
Apollo, in his pursuit to establish his worship, came across Python and killed her with a single arrow shot from his bow. He let the corpse rot under the sun and declared himself the oracular deity of Delphi. [176] Other authors have Apollo kill the monster using a hundred arrows [177] [178] or a thousand arrows. [179]
Likewise, Ischys was killed by Zeus. [12] Apollo and Coronis by Hendrik Goltzius. In Ovid's poem, it is a raven that informed Apollo of the affair, and he killed Coronis with his own arrow. Before her death, Coronis was resigned to her fate. Apollo instantly regretted his impulsive action and tried to heal her, but Coronis was already dead.
Lycius as a bird watches Apollo kill Coronis, 1590 engraving by Hendrick Goltzius. Lycius (Ancient Greek: Λύκιος, romanized: Lúkios, meaning 'Lycian' or 'wolf-like') is a minor Babylonian figure in Greek mythology, who features in two minor myths concerning the god Apollo. He was originally a man born to a wealthy family who disobeyed ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 December 2024. This is a list of notable offspring of a deity with a mortal, in mythology and modern fiction. Such entities are sometimes referred to as demigods, although the term "demigod" can also refer to a minor deity, or great mortal hero with god-like valour and skills, who sometimes attains ...
Philippine pastor Apollo Quiboloy, self-proclaimed "Appointed Son of God", has been apprehended after a weeks-long search by more than 2,000 police officers of his huge church compound in the ...
Chryses attempting to ransom his daughter Chryseis from Agamemnon, Apulian red-figure crater by the Athens 1714 Painter, ca. 360 BC–350 BC, Louvre.. In Greek mythology, Chryses (/ ˈ k r aɪ s iː z /; Greek, Χρύσης Khrýsēs, meaning "golden") was a Trojan priest of Apollo at Chryse, near the city of Troy.