apollo

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Apollo is one of the Olympian deities. He is the god of the Sun and light, prophecy, philosophy, truth, logic, inspiration, music, poetry, the arts, purification, medicine, healing, plague, archery, and masculine beauty. He is the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis, goddess of the hunt. He is considered to be the most beautiful god and is represented as the ideal of the kouros. In the 5th century BC, his worship was imported to Rome.