OD+Religion+and+Mythology+Apollo

===Apollo was the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin of Artemis, Apollo was the god of music(he played the lyre that he was given by Hermes), medicine, colonization, archery, dance poetry and more. Apollo was also said to have shot arrows poisoned with a plague into a Greek village and, Apollo being the god of religious healing would heal all people that hadn't committed a murder or other non-acceptable actions would be healed and all others would suffer and die.=== ===When Hera(Zeus's wife) found out about Leto's pregnancy she was outraged and forbid Leto to give birth on solid land, meaning the only place Leto could give birth was on the floating island of Delos. After finding the island of Delos Leto gave birth to the divine "twins"(Apollo and Artemis), as a gesture of thanks Delos was secured to the sea floor by four columns that gave it stability. And from then Delos became an place of refuge for Apollo.=== ===The animals for Apollo were the swan(as when Apollo was born he was encircled by a flock of swans), the wolf and the dolphin, Apollos characteristics were that he carried a bow and arrow, he wore a laurel crown and carried a lyre(ancient Greek musical instrument).===