Apollo God Of The Sun Research Paper

Matt Bartenhagen

Mr. Ernst

English 1

10/10/17

God of the Sun

The sun is one of the biggest and brightest stars known to mankind. Now imagine if there was a person who controlled this monster star. He’d obviously be pretty powerful, right? Well, according to Greek mythology, this man’s name was Apollo. Apollo is a young Greek god that symbolized the sun. He is frequently represented as a strong and handsome young man. He drove a chariot across the sky which was led by two horses that breathe fire. Apollo was a strong and powerful God among Greek mythology, starred in many stories involving power struggles and trust, and overall made a very important impact on Greek mythology and understanding outer space. Apollo had many unique characteristics to him. Many of the unique characteristics in Apollo’s character made him the God he was. Starting off his powerful life, he was born in Rhodes to his mother Theia. To this day, they

One of the many stories he was involved in is when his son Phaethon asked him to drive his chariot across the sky. This decision was very important because the Earth could be greatly harmed if he made the wrong choice. Apollo had a hard time saying yes to letting his son drive the sun chariot across the sky. He finally said okay and his son was off. When Phaethon was driving the chariot across the sky he wanted to tell his friend it was him driving the sun. He got really close to the earth and ended up burning down a village. He went back up higher to the sky once he saw this fire. The earth then got very cold. He tried to bring the fire breathing horses back to the path where they were supposed to drive, but Phaethon lost control. Zeus saw the sun going out of control and used his lightning power to strike Phaethon out of the chariot. Phaethon fell and died. Many of the stories he is involved in influences how he effected Greek