# Apollo — The Eclogues character guide

> Apollo in The Eclogues by Virgil.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0000-pastoral-i-tityrus-and-meliboeus

## Who they are

The god of music and prophecy, appearing as an inspiration to poets.

## In the story

### [Pastoral VI: Silenus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eclogues_se/chapters/pastoral-vi-silenus)

Mentioned as checking the poet's pride and bidding him feed his flocks; also as the Delphian god who taught songs.

### [Pastoral X: Gallus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eclogues_se/chapters/pastoral-x-gallus)

Appears to Gallus, chiding him for his excessive grief over Lycoris, who has fled to war.

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