Apollo

Io

Apollo pursues Io romantically, but his love is unrequited or leads to her suffering.

Coronis

Apollo loves Coronis, but her infidelity leads him to kill her, a tragic romance.

Clytie

Apollo is the object of Clytie's unrequited love, leading her to waste away into a sunflower.

Jove

Apollo is the son of Jove, and they interact as father and son in divine matters.

Io

Apollo pursues Io romantically, but his love is unrequited or leads to her suffering.

Jove

Apollo is the son of Jove, and they interact as father and son in divine matters.

Coronis

Apollo loves Coronis, but her infidelity leads him to kill her, a tragic romance.

Io

Apollo pursues Io romantically, but his love is unrequited or leads to her suffering.

Book I

Mentioned in the context of the Pythian games and the slaying of the serpent Pytho.

Giants' War

Slays the serpent Pytho and institutes the Pythian games.

Transformation of Daphne Into a Laurel

Struck by Cupid's golden arrow, he passionately pursues Daphne and later claims the laurel as his tree.

Story of Phaeton

Father of Phaeton, god of the sun, who reluctantly grants his son's wish to drive the chariot.

Phaeton's Sisters Transformed Into Trees

Hides his face in grief after Phaeton's death; the sun is absent for a day.

Transformation of Cycnus Into a Swan

Grieves for his son Phaeton and temporarily refuses to drive the sun chariot.

Story of Coronis, and Birth of Esculapius

Apollo is the god who loves Coronis, kills her upon learning of her infidelity, saves their son Esculapius, and punishes the raven by turning its feathers black.

Transformation of Battus to a Touchstone

The god whose cattle are stolen; he is tending herds in Elis as punishment from Jove.

Story of Cadmus

Delphic oracle god who directs Cadmus to follow the heifer and build a city.

Book IV

The sun god who falls in love with Leucothoe and is betrayed by Clytie.

Story of Leucothoe and the Sun

The Sun god who falls in love with Leucothoe and transforms her into a frankincense tree after her death.

Transformation of Clytie

Angry Phoebus who scornfully abandons Clytie.

Song of the Pierides

Transformed into a crow to flee Typhon.

Transformation of Arachne Into a Spider

Mentioned in Arachne's tapestry as Phoebus, disguised as a country swain for love of Isso.

Story of Niobe

Son of Latona who, along with Diana, avenges his mother by killing Niobe's sons with his arrows.

Fate of Marsyas

Angry Phoebus slays Marsyas as punishment for his pride in challenging the god to a musical contest.

Book VII

Mentioned as Phoebus, who cherished Rhodes.

Book VIII

Phoebus is invoked in the description of the turret and the sisters' lament.

Story of Nisus and Scylla

Phoebus, whose music is enshrined in the turret where Scylla often listens.

Fable of Dryope

The god who loved Dryope and fathered her son Amphisus; referenced as the ruler of Delphi and the Delian isle.

Book X: Orpheus and Eurydice

Associated with Cyparissus, whom he loved and later transformed into a cypress tree.

Fable of Cyparissus

Apollo, the god of music and archery, is the deity who loved Cyparissus and transforms him into a cypress tree after his death.

Hyacinthus Transformed Into a Flower

Accidentally kills Hyacinthus with a quoit and transforms his blood into a flower.

Story of Venus and Adonis

Prophesies Atalanta's fate in the embedded tale.

Book XI

Protects Orpheus's head from a serpent, turning the snake to stone.

Death of Orpheus

Phoebus protects Orpheus's head from a serpent, turning the snake to stone.

Fable of Midas

God of music who defeats Pan in a contest and punishes Midas with ass's ears.

Building of Troy

Disguises himself as a mortal to build Troy's walls; later seeks revenge on Laomedon.

Transformation of Daedalion

Phoebus, father of Philammon, transforms Daedalion into a hawk.

Story of Ceyx and Alcyone

The Clarian god whose oracle Ceyx seeks; his temple is mentioned as the destination of the voyage.

Book XII

Guides Paris's arrow to kill Achilles and reveals himself as the god directing the shot.

Trojan War

Phoebus, who inspires Calchas with prophetic knowledge of the war's duration.

Death of Achilles

Guides Paris's arrow to slay Achilles, acting on Neptune's request.

Death of Ajax

Referenced in the simile comparing the hyacinth's markings to those of a youth Apollo slew.

Voyage of Aeneas

Referred to as Phoebus and Actian Phoebus; his priest Anius hosts Aeneas, and his oracle guides the Trojans.

Story of the Sibyl

Apollo, enamoured of the Sibyl, offers to grant her any wish.

Transformation of Appulus

Implied as the goatherd god who frequents the silent place, associated with the punishment of Appulus.

Egeria Transformed to a Fountain

Pitying Egeria's grief, Apollo transforms her into a fountain.

Occasion of Esculapius Being Brought to Rome

Apollo is consulted at his Delphic oracle; he directs the Romans to seek his son Aesculapius.