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The story of Apollo The story of Apollo begins with his mother, Leto, and her attempt to give birth to him and Artemis. Hera, in her jealousy, had pursued Leto relentlessly. Leto searched for a place where she could give birth to the children without Hera finding her. She convinced the island of Delos to be the home of Apollo, saying that a temple would be built there. Leto waited nine days and nights to give birth to Apollo, because due to Hera’s rage, Eilithyia, the goddess of childbirth, was not able to come to Leto’s aid. Finally Iris was sent to Hera, offering her a necklace fifteen feet long. In this way Eilithyia was able to come to Delos, and when she did, Leto gave birth to Apollo, full grown. Apollo immediately claimed, “The lyre and curved bow are dear to me, and I shall prophesy to men the unerring will of Zeus” Shortly after birth Apollo is searching for a place to build a temple, and he comes across the land known as Telephousa. But Telephousa persuaded Apollo that this land was not good enough for him and that his temple should be built elsewhere, so that Telephousa would have the glory there, and not Apollo. This leads Apollo to Krisa, where nearby he encounters a giant snake, the Python, and kills it by emptying his entire quiver of arrows into the snake. The land where this occurred was thereafter known as Pythia. To keep this feat well remembered, Apollo sanctioned games known as the Phythian games, where men would box, wrestle, race, and participate in other sporting games. Following the conquering of the snake, Apollo transforms himself into a dolphin, hops aboard a pirate ship or similar type of vessel, and directs the crew to a new land, which was then named Delphi, from the Greek word for dolphin, delphis. These crewmembers became the first priests of Apollo, and with the help of Apollo they constructed the temple to Apollo at Delphi, the most sacred of the temples to Apollo. This temple also becomes the place where the oracle of Apollo resides, on the Delphic Tripod.
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