# Apollo — The Libation Bearers character guide

> Apollo in The Libation Bearers by Aeschylus.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Lord Apollo

**First appearance:** 0001-the-libation-bearers

## Snapshot

The god who commands Orestes to kill his mother, binding divine authority to an act that will unravel the killer's mind.

## Who they are

Apollo speaks through his oracle at Delphi, and his command to avenge Agamemnon carries the full weight of divine law. Yet the play links his name to a strange incoherence in Orestes' speech, as if the god's demand fractures the mind that receives it. He matters because he turns private grief into sacred obligation, and the early-middle arc hangs on whether his word can be trusted or must be survived.

## Relationships

### [Orestes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_libation_bearers_se/characters/orestes)

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Apollo commands Orestes to avenge his father and promises divine protection.

## In the story

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_libation_bearers_se/chapters/endnotes)

Referenced as the God of Light and in relation to Orestes' incoherent speeches about his command.

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