# Apollo — Poetry character guide

> Apollo in Poetry by Henry van Dyke Jr..

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the great Apollo, The Delian Apollo

**First appearance:** 0220-the-pipes-o-pan

## Who they are

Greek god of poetry and music, invoked in verse.

## In the story

### [The White Bees](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_10_se/chapters/the-white-bees)

The god who appoints Aristæus as keeper of his bees and later pities him, freeing him from a backward-looking mind.

### [The Old Flute](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_10_se/chapters/the-old-flute)

Invoked as the Delian Apollo, lord of immortal sound, winds, echoes, and the sea of melody, thanked for the speaker's brief participation in divine music.

## Links

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