1、阿波罗Among the crowd of Olympian gods the one mostwidely admired was Apollo．He was the son of Zeusand Let to．According to GREek mythology，Leto wasdriven by Hera from land to land at last Poseidon tookPity on her and brought the island of Delos out of waterfor her to live on．There
2、 she gave birth to the twins ，Apollo and Artemis． Apollo was me sun-god．He wore a purple robe．Heusually sat in his bright eastern palace early in themorning and madeready to start his daily journeyacross the sky．During the day hed rove his carriage ofgold and ivory ， and brough
3、t light， life and love to the GREat world below． Iate in the afternoonhe came to the end of his journey in the far western sea and got on his golden boat to return to hiseastern home．Apollo was the god of music and poetry．He could stir up all feelings．These feelings are express
4、edin lofty songs．With his lyre of gold and the sweet accents of his godlike voice heled the choir of theMuses at Olympus．The pleasant music from his lyre was so exciting that stones marched into theirplaces in rhythmic time and of their own will when he helped Poseidonbuild up
5、the walls of Troy．Onone occasion，invited to a contest by the human musician Marsyas，he won and then flayed himto death for his pride．On another occasion，he lost out toPan at a musical contest and turned theears of the judge，King Midas，into those of an ass．His son，Orpheus，took o
6、ver such skill from the father that his lyre moved man and animals alike．Apollo stood for youthful and manly beauty．His goldenhair，stately manner and air all combined tomake him the admiration of the world．A beautiful girl，by the name of Clytle，was so fond of hisbeauty and glor
7、y that from dawn to dusk she knelt on the ground，her hands outstretched towardsthe sungod，and her eyes looked at his golden wheeled carriage racing across the blue sky．Thoughher love was not returned，she had never changed her mind about Apollo．The gods were movedat the sad sigh
8、t，and changed her into a sunflower．在众多的奥林波斯山神中，主神宙斯和雷托
