... power and prophecy in Homer's "Iliad " and was constantly changing the course of the war in favor of the Trojans. As the son of Leto, Apollo was a partisan of the Trojans, as his mother constantly sided with Troy. In the opening scene of "The Iliad, " Apollo is the first god to make an appearance, and sends a plague upon the Achaians due to the fact that Agamemnon has dishonored ... one of the daughters of his prophetic priest ... from Afar. As a deity, Apollo had tremendous influence in ancient society, and continues to influence modern society. From his roles in famous Greek literatur...

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... , myths and legends were passed on orally. Some stories were used to write poems which became great literature. The poet Homer's 8th-century BC epics the Iliad and the Odyssey, for example, tell the story of the (mythical) Trojan War as a divine conflict as well as a human one. Greek mythology centers on Gods (goddesses), heroes ... , monsters and theology (cosmogony). We font know when Greek mythology actually started because it's a collection of stories never written down, but we do know the oldest story is about the ... was told by Gaea that one of his offspring would over throw him...

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