What crimes did Apollo the god commit?

The fatal mistake and the horrible crime
Apollo, the god of light and music, killed all seven of Niobe's sons with his powerful arrows in front of their mother's eyes.

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What did Apollo do wrong?

Apollo's most evil acts thus would be: Threatening to rape Alice. Putting out the Sun and breaking his divine oath. Manipulating his father into killing a human.

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How was Apollo punished?

Apollo angered his father Zeus and ended up being sent to Earth and is in the body of a 16 year-old boy named Lester Papadopolous. Zeus punishes Apollo for the role that he played in the battle between the gods in Gaea. Apollo is of course upset about this and is wondering how soon he can get back to god status.

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Was the god Apollo evil?

Apollo is the god who affords help and wards off evil; various epithets call him the "averter of evil".

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What was the monster Apollo killed?

Python, in Greek mythology, a huge serpent that was killed by the god Apollo at Delphi either because it would not let him found his oracle, being accustomed itself to giving oracles, or because it had persecuted Apollo's mother, Leto, during her pregnancy.

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The Greek God Apollo and His Mystical Powers

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Who was punished by Apollo for having a human lover?

Apollo, however, discovered this affair through his prophetic powers. Angered, he sent his twin sister, Artemis, to kill Coronis. Accordingly, Artemis killed Coronis and her family with her arrows. In one variation, Artemis kills them on her own accord to avenge the insult done to her brother.

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What crime did Apollo commit that required him to serve King Admetus?

Apollo in revenge slew all the Cyclopes who forged the thunderbolts, as a punishment for which he had to serve Admetus for a time.

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What did Apollo go to jail for the first time?

There, he served five years after being convicted back in 2014. Nida was sentenced to eight years in prison for conspiracy to commit mail, wire and bank fraud charges. He was also ordered to remit $1.9 million for his crimes.

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How did Zeus punish Apollo?

Instead, Zeus punished Apollo by exiling him from Olympus and making him serve as a slave on earth for nine long years. At the end of his sentence Apollo patched things up with Gaea, and she gifted him the Oracular Temple of Delphi.

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Who broke Apollo's heart?

Apollo was heart-broken at the loss of Daphne and to remember her for ever, he made the laurel the symbol of tribute to poets. The laurel became therefore the symbol of the god.

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Why did Cupid punish Apollo?

Apollo was returning from slaying a monster named Python when he saw Cupid. Apollo bragged to Cupid that his bow was bigger than Cupid's. Angered by the insult, Cupid shot him with a golden love arrow causing Apollo to fall in love with the first person he saw.

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Who was Apollo's favorite lover?

In Greek mythology, Hyacinthus was a Spartan prince of remarkable beauty and a lover of the sun god Apollo.

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Did Apollo slay a dragon?

PYTHON (Puthôn), the famous dragon who guarded the oracle of Delphi, is described as a son of Gaea. He lived in the caves of mount Parnassus, but was killed by Apollo, who then took possession of the oracle.

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Who killed Apollo?

By the start of the second round, Drago pummels Creed with ease. Rocky again tries to stop the fight by throwing in the towel, but hesitates too long, giving Drago a chance to deliver (just as Rocky drops the towel) a fatal blow to Apollo, who dies in Rocky's arms in the middle of the ring.

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Which god hates Apollo?

Python became the chthonic enemy of the later Olympian deity Apollo, who slew it and took over Python's former home and oracle. These were the most famous and revered in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds.

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Is Apollo a hero or villain?

Apollo is the celebrated Olympian god of Greek mythology, a hero and bringer of life (even though he could sometimes be petty and vengeful).

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Was Apollo in love with a man?

(4) MORTAL LOVES (MEN)

HYAKINTHOS (Hyacinthus) A prince of Lakedaimonia (southern Greece) who was loved by the gods Apollon and Zephryos. He was accidentally slain by Apollon in a game of quoits and transformed into a flower.

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What are 3 facts about Apollo?

Apollo is one of the Twelve Olympians. The Twelve Olympians are the major deities that lived on Mount Olympus. Apollo is the Greek god of music, poetry, healing, and medicine. He is the son of Olympian god Zeus and Titan goddess Leto.

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Has Apollo punished anyone?

Apollo wasted no time in avenging his mother, Leto.

While Leto was pregnant, Hera sent Python, a giant snake, to attack her; and later sent Tityos, a giant, in an attempt to get her long-awaited revenge. Apollo wasn't too pleased and killed both Python and Tityos.

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Why was Apollo banished?

In The Heroes of Olympus Apollo is banished from Olympus by Zeus to Delos (Apollo and Artemis's birthplace) as punishment for revealing the Prophecy of Seven too early.

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What did Apollo do to pan?

Once Apollo and Pan had a music contest. When King Midas said he preferred Pan, Apollo turned his ears into those of a donkey.

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What does Apollo do to offend Cupid?

Apollo Slays The Python And Offends Cupid

The story of Apollo and Daphne in Ovid's Metamorphoses (I. 438-567) took place right after Apollo killed the Python, the great snake that terrorized mankind.

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What was the original curse from Apollo?

In Greek mythology, Cassandra was a prophetess who could accurately foretell the future but was never believed. This talent had been a gift from the god Apollo but when she rejected his advances he cursed her so that her predictions were never believed.

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Did Apollo punish Achilles?

So Achilles killed Hector, the Trojan champion. Then Apollo killed Achilles, the Greek champion, guiding an arrow shot from Paris's bow directly into Achilles' heel. This was at Aphrodite's behest.

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How did Apollo hurt Persephone?

Unknown to Artemis, the first night Apollo met Persephone, he sexual assault Persephone by going into her room while she slept. Persephone did try to tell Artemis about what Apollo did to her that night, but held back, worried it would hurt their relationship.

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