... Apollo himself is Hektor's companion in the killing of Patroklos. Hence, Apollo is considered the God of Disease. In the final book, his complaint about the treatment of Hektor's corpse leads the gods to arrange the ransom of the body by Priam. Apollo also played an important role in the outcome of the events of "The Odyssey. " Though Apollo does not physically appear in the epic poem, he is prayed ... to at many different occasions. Penelope reaches out to Apollo when she says she wants one to die by Apollo's arrow: "So may the god of the archer strike [Antinous] hard. " It is also Apol...

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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 Trojan War. Greek ... ...

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