Since Apollo sent the plague on the Greeks, he was associated with rodents as major disease carriers. Therefore, Apollo as the god that could send or finish an epidemic, became the "Lord of Mice".
Ancient Greece and Rome
Elsewhere in Greek mythology, Apollo was associated with the rats' cuter cousin, the mouse, so much so that he was even referred to as "Apollo, the Lord of Mice" in the Illiad.
His attributes include the laurel wreath and lyre. He often appears in the company of the Muses. Animals sacred to Apollo include roe deer, swans, cicadas, hawks, ravens, crows, foxes, mice, and snakes.
So Apollo Smintheus = the mice-god. The mouse in ancient times was a symbol of prophetic power because it was thought mice were inspired by the exhaling coming out of the ground.
He was also often depicted with one or both of his two main attributes: a bow and a lyre. The bow symbolized distance, death, terror, and awe, while the lyre more gently proclaimed the joy of communion with Olympus through music, poetry, and dance.
Apollo is the Greek god of music, poetry, healing, and medicine. He is the son of Olympian god Zeus and Titan goddess Leto. He had a twin sister Artemis who he often accompanies in his myths.
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.
Apollo was the god of practically everything – including but not limited to music, poetry, art, prophecy, truth, archery, plague, healing, sun and light (although the god is always associated with the sun, the original sun god was the titan Helios, but everyone forgot about him).
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.
Mice have super-speed & creepy climbing powers.
Mice can also run across telephone or power lines, as well as wires—better than any human tightrope walker ever could. There are not many mammals that can scale rough surfaces such as tree trunks or brick walls vertically like mice.
Since Apollo sent the plague on the Greeks, he was associated with rodents as major disease carriers. Therefore, Apollo as the god that could send or finish an epidemic, became the "Lord of Mice".
Apollo. White: Apollo is strongly associated with the sun, with archery, with truth-telling, and with healing.
- Apollo's pet is a raven because it's one of his symbols.
Far from being regarded as vermin, the rats are venerated as the holy descendants of Karni Mata, who was worshipped as an incarnation of the Hindu goddess Durga during the 15th century.
The Greek god of animals is the Greek goddess Artemis. She is the daughter of Zeus, the god of the sky, and Leto, the goddess of motherhood. Her twin brother is Apollo, the god of medicine, music, and poetry. In addition to animals, Artemis is also the goddess of hunting and nature.
Hestia in Greek Mythology
Hestia was regarded as one of the kindest and most compassionate amongst all the Gods. Perhaps the first example of a benign God or Goddess.
Apollo falls in love with Daphne, advancing on her so aggressively to the point where she is forced to plead to her father for help. The father, for some reason, turns her into a laurel bush. The fatal flaw, here, at least for Apollo, is that he was not able to control his love.
One day Apollo saw Coronis and became enamoured of her. He lay with her in her home, and consequently she became pregnant.
The sharp, gold-tipped arrow pierced the heart of Apollo inflaming his love for Daphne, a beautiful nymph, daughter of the river god Peneus, while the blunt, lead-tipped arrow struck the nymph creating an intense aversion for love in the her heart.
During the 5th century BC, Apollo became also known as the god of Sun, becoming one with the god Helios, and getting the name Phoebus. He is shown as a handsome young man, wearing a laurel wreath and playing the kithara (lyre). It is known as his symbol.
Muses, the nine goddesses of arts, poetry, and song were all his lovers.
Apollo's silver bow and arrow represent his defeat of the monster Python (or Phython). Python was a serpent who lived near Delphi, considered the center of the earth.
Wolves were also sacred to the god since he was usually worshipped as Apollo Lykaios, as well as the snake, since he fought the great serpent Python and slew him, erecting his oracle on its death place.
DEER The deer was an animal held sacred to Artemis. Her chariot was described as being drawn by four golden-horned hinds.