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Apollo

Personal Information
Born: July 7, c. 2602 BC[1]
Alias: Phoebus
Lester Papadopoulos
Fred (incognito disguise)
Narcissus (in Rome)
Title(s): God of Light, Archery, and the Sun
God of Healing, Prophecy, and Truth
God of Music and Poetry
Element: Light
Sound
Water (healing)
Species: Olympian
Human (as of March 2011[2])
Gender: Male
Distinguishing Features: As Apollo, long golden hair, tall and muscular, shining golden eyes, playful, bright smile (inherited from Koios
As Lester Papadopoulos, Caucasian, dark hair, blue eyes
Family: Kronos (paternal grandfather)
Rhea (paternal grandmother)
Koios (maternal grandfather)
Phoebe (maternal grandmother)
Zeus (father)
Leto (mother)
Artemis (twin sister)
Aristaios, Asclepius, Augustus, Chryses, Georgina, Halcyon Green, Idmon, Kayla Knowles, Austin Lake, Linus, Will Solace, Trophonius, Michael Yew (children)
Octavian (descendant)
Occupation: Leader of Apollo's Trials (as of c. March 2011)[2]
Affiliation: Olympians
Apollo's Trials
Loyalty: Olympus
Residence: Unclear, constantly moving
"Green grass breaks through snow.
Artemis pleads for my help.
I am so cool.
"
— Apollo recites a haiku[[{{{4}}}|[src]]]

Apollon (Apollo) (Pronunciation: uh-POL-lohn/uh-POL-loh), legal name Lester Papadopoulos, is the now-mortal son of Zeus and Leto, as well as the former Olympian of light, archery, the sun, healing, prophecy, truth, music, and poetry. Both[3] Greek and Roman aspect of the vakha Anarheru. Known also as Phoebus, Apollo was born on the island Delos shortly after his sister Artemis. Apollo subsequently became a member of the Olympian Council. Apollo also received the lyre from Hermes and gave Pandora the gift of music. Apollo was turned mortal twice by Zeus; the first time during the Olympian Riot, and the second after he killed the Elder Cyclopes in retaliation for Asclepius's death. During the Trojan War, Apollo sided with the Trojans.

Apollo also sired Augustus, the first emperor of Rome, murdered the eighteenth emperor, his former lover Commodus under the alias of Narcissus, and, millennia later, helped the members of the Quest of Artemis by telling them to seek out Nereus. During the Battle of Manhattan, Apollo helped battle Typhon. However, Octavian, the augur of Camp Jupiter, managed to convince Apollo to bless him; in the Battle in Athens, after helping the Demigods of Seven retrieve the Physician's Cure, Apollo presumably helped slay some Gigantes, but was punished by Zeus for "allowing" the Prophecy of Seven to be spoken by Rachel Dare, as well as helping the demigods and blessing Octavian. Zeus then made Apollo mortal for the third time, this time without any powers whatsoever, as well as blood rather than ichor.

As the mortal Lester Papadopoulos, the former immortal helped defend Camp Half-Blood from Nero's Invasion of Camp Half-Blood after having the demigod Margaret McCafferey become his master. Papadopoulos also discovered the Waystation and removed the city of Indianapolis from the rule of Commodus.

Abilities

  • Divine Abilities: These abilities were temporarily taken away by Zeus during the year 2011.
    • Battle Prowess: Apollo had superhuman strength and fighting skills, able to tangle with even Heracles, wrestle Ares, and outrace Hermes.
    • Archery: Apollo excelled in archery and other target-shooting-based abilities, rivaled only by Artemis and Orion.
    • Audokinesis: Apollo had power over sound and music.
    • Photokinesis: Apollo had absolute control and divine authority over light.
    • Pyrokinesis: Apollo had absolute control over the flames of his Sun Chariot.
    • Supernatural Sight: Apollo could see almost anything anywhere on his Sun Chariot.
    • Vitakinesis: Apollo could manipulate and modify anatomy, as well as restore the injured to near-instantaneous health. Apollo could also spread various horrible diseases.
    • Prophecy: Apollo could see into the future, but without full control. He could not control when the prophecies were said or what they meant.
    • Madness: Apollo was able to drive Orion insane with the urge to hunt every beast on earth.
    • Apollo's Curse: Apollo could curse others to speak only in rhyming couplets, taking days or even weeks for the curse to wear off.
    • Flight: Apollo could fly, on occasions such as slaying Python or slaughtering Niobe's sons.
    • Invisibility: Apollo invisibly spied on Marsyas above the gathered crowd.
    • Hypnokinesis: Apollo could put others to sleep by simply snapping his fingers.
    • Shapeshifting: Apollo could change his appearance at will.
    • Granting Powers: Apollo could change others into nymphs or immortals, such as Kyrene, who became a naiad, or Hemithea and Parthenos, who became minor gods.
    • Teleportation: Apollo could teleport himself or forcibly teleport others both to and away from his side.

Family

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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Kronos
   
   
Rhea
   
   
Koios
   
   
Phoebe
   
   
Krios
   
   
Eurybia
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Hera
   
   
Zeus
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Leto
   
   
Asteria
   
   
Perses
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Ares
   
   
Enyo
   
   
Artemis
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Apollo
   
   
   
   
   
   
Hecate
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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Various children

Protogenos counterpart(s)

Titanic counterpart(s)

Vakha alternate aspect(s)

  • Ra (Egyptian aspect)
  • Frey (Norse aspect)

Trivia

  • Apollo enjoys flirting with the Hunters of Artemis, notably their lieutenant Thalia Grace, as well as Britomartis.
  • Hermes once put his Winged Shoes on Apollo when he was sleeping in Athens. He later awoke in Argentina.
  • Apollo connects the actual sun being a "big fiery ball of gas" with Artemis calling him just that.
  • Apollo's epithet of Phoebus references his grandmother Phoebe, from whom he inherited his prophetic powers.
  • Apollo enjoys making haikus (albeit haikus negatively portrayed), mirroring the fact that haikus are from Japan, known as the "land of the rising sun".
  • Apollo was once equated with Horus, as Ra and Horus were sometimes portrayed as one god.[note 1]
  • Apollo's incognito name "Fred" may allude to Fred Saberhagen, author of the book The Face of Apollo.
  • Apollo's name fits into his mortal alias "Lester Papadopoulos" exactly once: Lester Papadopoulos becomes [l] [A]p o lo, an anagram of Ap o l lo.
  • The spaceflight program to land the first human on the moon was ironically called the "Apollo Program"; Apollo is the god of the sun.
  • Apollo repeatedly claims to be the older twin of Artemis, although this could be him messing with her, due to her favored form being that of a twelve-year-old and his that of a teenager.
  • Apollo had his adventures around the same time his Norse aspect Frey's son Magnus Chase had his own.

Notes

  1. The Greco-Roman equivalents of Ra, Horus, and Amun are sometimes merged and confused, but on this wiki thought to be Apollo, Zeus, and Zeus again. For more discussion, see Bachland Wiki:Ra, Horus, and Amun.

References

  1. Apollo had been alive for "four thousand six hundred and twelve years" by the year 2011, in his own words. However, he does not actually confirm that he is 4612 years old. Therefore, he was born between 2603 BC and 2602 BC, near 2602 BC.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Annabeth Chase told Magnus Chase about a "god [that] fell to earth as a human" in March 2011. Apollo therefore was most likely still mortal, although Chase could be misinformed.
  3. Despite having been "incapacitated", Apollo was able to speak about Octavian and Mars without slipping into a more Roman form on Delos during the Great Divine Schism. Apollo should at least have turned into said Roman form as becoming incapacitated was not possible on the island. Also, it is possible that Apollo had only feared incapacitation despite it not applying to him and hid on the island without knowing for sure that the Schism would affect him.