Ἀπόλλων , *<*>᾿απόλλωνος:
Apollo, son of Zeus and Leto, and brother of Artemis,
like her bringing sudden, painless death (see ἀγανός); god of the sun and of light, Φοῖβος, λυκηγενής, of prophecy (his oracle in Pytho,
Od. 8.79), Il. 1.72, Od. 8.488; but not
in Homer specifically god of music and leader of the Muses, though he
delights the divine assembly with the strains of his lyre, Il. 1.603; defender of the Trojans and
their capital, and of other towns in the Trojan domain, Cilla, Chryse,
Il. 1.37, Il. 4.507; epithets, ἀκερσεκόμης,
ἀφήτωρ, διϊ?φιλος, ἑκατηβόλος, ἕκατος, ἑκηβόλος,
ἑκάεργος, ἰήιος, λα_οσσό<*>ς, παιήων,
χρυ_σα?ορος, Σμινθεύς, Φοῖβος.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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