Apollo's Golden Bow

__NOWYSIWYG__ The Golden Bow is the bow of Apollo, god of archery. Hephaestus gave it to him when he was young after Apollo begged for it. Apollo needed the bow and arrows to protect his mother Leto from Python. After receiving them, Apollo cornered Python in the sacred cave at Delphi. Apollo killed the monster but had to be punished for it, since Python was a child of Gaea. The bow could cause health or famine, although its main function is that of a regular bow, but with greater power. It is described as the opposite of Artemis' Silver Bow; where her bow kills painlessly, like the soft rays of the moon, his tears life away like the harsh rays of the sun. It is probably equal in power to Artemis' Bow. Apollo used it when he was fighting Typhon in The Last Olympian.