Apollo

Apollo (Απόλλων in Ancient Greek) is the god of the sun, light, prophecy, healing, medicine, plague, truth, poetry, archery, the arts, music, intelligence, and his animal symbol is the mouse. He is the twin brother of Artemis. He and Artemis are known as the "Twin Archers."

History
Apollo is the son of Zeus and the Titaness Leto. He is also the twin brother of Artemis. When Leto was pregnant, Hera was furious and banned the mainland and the islands from letting Leto give birth on them, but the floating island of Delos (which wasn't a real island) disobeyed Hera and let Leto give birth to Artemis and Apollo. Hera then sent the dragon-serpent called Python to kill Leto. A three-year-old Apollo asked Hephaestus for a gold bow (silver in some stories), and a set of arrows, which he used to kill Python. After killing Python, he became the owner of the Oracle of Delphi.

The Titan's Curse
Apollo is first introduced in The Titan's Curse. Apollo's sister Artemis decides to hunt a powerful monster, one that has the power to bring down the gods and Olympus. Before Artemis leaves, she asks Apollo to take her Hunters and various demigods to Camp Half-Blood. When Apollo arrives in his sun chariot (disguised as a red sports car), Artemis takes off.

Apollo gives Percy, Thalia, Nico,Bianca, and the Hunters a ride, and he allows Thalia to drive his chariot, as she is the daughter of Zeus, who is lord of the sky, saying that he won't zap her out of the sky. However, Thalia is terrified during the ride, and ends up accidentally scorching New England. Apollo appears to be scared during the drive, too, though he did say a few reassuring words during the ride.

The combination results in a gut-retching experience for the group. But at last, they arrive at Camp Half-Blood, and Apollo sees them off.

After Artemis is kidnapped, Percy, Thalia, Zoë, Bianca, and Grover leave to rescue her and Annabeth. Apollo is worried about his sister, and when he tries to use his supernatural sight to find her, he discovers she has been clouded from him, so he breaks the Ancient Laws, and helps the questors by getting on a train headed west. Apollo is in disguise as a homeless man named Fred, however he tells Percy a haiku, which reveals himself (as Percy has never met anyone else who could tell such a horrible haiku.). He warns Percy not to let anyone know he spoke to him, and advises him to seek out Nereus, the Old Man of the Sea.

Later, at Olympus, Apollo votes for Percy not to be killed, and and gives him a thumbs-up from his throne. He was listening to his iPod at the time, so it is unknown how much of the debate he actually heard.

The Last Olympian
In The Last Olympian, Apollo joins forces with the other gods of Olympus against Typhon. Apollo also cures Annabeth and he presides over the initiation of Rachel as the new Orpcle of Delphi at Camp Half-Blood while also healing Chiron. When Poseidon defeats Typhon, Apollo joins the rest of the gods on Olympus, and is there when Percy, Annabeth, and Grover are all thanked for their efforts.

Personality
Apollo has been obsessed with haikus ever since he visited Japan and also appears to obsess over other kinds of poems, depending on where he visits. He is known to be terrible at them. (In The Titan's Curse, Zoë Nightshade briefly mentions that after Apollo visited Ireland, he obsesses over limericks.) He loves his 'little' sister {note Artemis is actually the older twin but they say Apollo is the older twin in this book} Artemis, even though they often clash, as he is the more laid back, less serious twin. Always hitting on her Hunters though.

The sun god drives around in his chariot. He can make the chariot look however he wants, but he prefers a sports car. In The Titan's Curse, Apollo appears driving a Maserati Spyder.[ Apollo states that his chariot is made from mortal beliefs of the sun. As long as mortals believe that the sun rises and sets, that its hot, and is in the sky for half the day, it is. Apollo is a master in archery and so are his demigod children at Camp Half-Blood. One of these demigods of his is Lee Fletcher who dies fighting in The Battle of the Labyrinth. Lee Fletcher is also the head of the Apollo Cabin. Then Michael Yew who most likely dies in The Last Olympian. Will Solace is the new head counselor. It is said that during capture the flag that the Apollo cabin is one of the cabins with the most campers. Apollo is a major flirt, as he often flirts with Artemis' hunters, even though she has forbidden it. Despite his flirting however, the Hunters refuse to be charmed by Apollo.

Notable Children

 * Asclepius (deceased, brought back to life)
 * Aristeus
 * Linus (deceased)
 * Michael Yew (missing, presumed dead)
 * Lee Fletcher (deceased)
 * Orpheus (deceased, brought back to life)
 * Will Solace
 * Kayla
 * Austin
 * Victoria (appears only in video game)
 * The Beatles (assumed!)

Appearance


Apollo normally appears as a handsome teenage boy (When Thalia first met Apollo, she said "Woah. Apollo is hot." And Percy replied, "He's the sun god." She replied, "That's not what I meant."), around seventeen or eighteen, sandy hair, a bright happy smile, and outdoorsy good looks. When Percy meets him for the first time, he was wearing a white sleeveless T-shirt, blue jeans, and loafers. Percy describes Apollo as looking like Luke, without the jagged scar on the cheek. However, he can appear as anyone, as he is a god. While helping Percy on his quest, he shows himself as a homeless man named "Fred". He is often seen driving the sun chariot.

Apollo
Apollo has the ability to change his appearance into his Roman counterpart, which is still named Apollo. As Roman Apollo, he becomes more disciplined, warlike, and militartistic. He might have children at the Roman Camp Half-Blood in San Francisco.

Leto
Apollo loved his mother, Leto, dearly, that he killed the children of Niobe after the Queen insulted his mother.

In addition, punished so terrible a giant, Tytus, who attempted to outrage Leto



Powers
As the personifacation of the sun, he has omnipotent control over the sun. Apollo is the god of the sun, having taken over after Helios faded. He is also the God of prophecy, truth, medicine, math, poetry, archery, and music, which in turn means he is the God that controls the Oracle at Delphi, and oversees the ceremony in which Rachel receives the Oracle's spirit. He drives the sun. He has arrows that burn like the sun. Presumably possesses the standard powers of a God.


 * He is an excellent archer,
 * He is a good and able musician,
 * He has the power to either heal or to do harm, and
 * He has great intellect aside from Athena.

Relationship with Artemis
Apollo is fond of calling Artemis his 'little sister', but he knew that Artemis was born before him. This exasperates her. He doesn't take her seriously, and she in turn thinks he is immature and childish. However rocky their relationship is, they love each other very much, and Apollo even broke the Ancient Law and gave Percy information that would help him find Artemis when she was kidnapped, stating that "no one messes with my little sister" (note that he still calls her his little sister). It may be interesting to note that in classic Greek mythology, it is generally agreed that Artemis is the elder of the twins.

Film


In the film, The Lightning Thief, Apollo is played by Dimitri Lekkos. In the movie, Apollo only appears once, during the scene with the whole council, and is not addressed, but is zoomed in on with Demeter and Artemis at his side.