Apollo And Religion

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I choose to speak on Apollo, “he was known as the God of light and the sun. He was also known as the God of music and poetry and as a leader of the choir of muses” (GreekGods.org, 2013-2018). The Greeks believed heavily in God, which who is the biggest contributor for us being on earth, where would we be without early Christianity or civilization. One thing that sticks out is the fact that music influenced this error in time, which is a lot like today. Upon researching on Apollo it was also discovered that he was a prophet, maybe this is why he was chosen by God to fulfill certain Christian duties.
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