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Apollo

Roman god of prophecy, music, and healing, associated with the Sibyl and oracles.

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Also known as the Cuman Apollo

First appearance: part i book i

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God from whom Lycurgus claimed authority for Spartan laws.

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XVI
God from whom Lycurgus claimed authority for Spartan laws.
Whether the gods, whom the Greeks and Romans worshipped in common, were justified in permitting the destruction of Ilium
God who, according to myth, helped build Troy's walls and was cheated by Laomedon.
Of the statue of Apollo at Cumae, whose tears are supposed to have portended disaster to the Greeks, whom the god was unable to succour.
The Cuman Apollo statue wept for four days, portending disaster for the Greeks.
Chapter XVII
Delivered an ambiguous oracle to Pyrrhus regarding his war with Rome.
Concerning the many gods whom the pagan doctors defend as being one and the same Jove
Mentioned as Jupiter in divination
Chapter XXI
Mentioned as a god invoked for healing, which Augustine says is unnecessary if felicity is present.
Concerning Apollo and Diana, and the other select gods whom they would have to be parts of the world
Identified by pagans as the sun, a diviner, and physician, yet also a part of the world.
The Founding of Athens and Varro's Account of Its Name
Delphic Apollo consulted by the king about the prodigies of the olive tree and water.
Chapter X
Apollo dared not judge the contest between Neptune and Minerva for the naming of Athens.
XIII
Apollo is mentioned as the son of Latona, who fed the flocks of king Admetus with Hercules.

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