The VERY Messed Up Origins™ of Apollo, God of Light and Music | Mythology Explained - Jon Solo

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» 0:00 - Intro
» 1:35 - The Birth of a God
» 6:14 - Sponsor
» 7:44 - The Blood-Curdling Sound of Music
» 10:13 - Chasing Toga
» 15:25 - Glorious Fury
» 18:04 - Worship
» 20:29 - Wrap-Up

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» Written by Jon Solo
» Researched by Jon Solo and Meredith Walker

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» The art depicting Apollo singing in the ruins and slaying the cyclopes were both provided by the all-powerful Markus Stadlober! Check out more of his mythological masterpieces!
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[LaineyBug]

I always hated that the program to go to the MOON was named after Apollo, who resided over the SUN and not Artemis, who resided over the actual MOON!

[loganstaark]

So Apollo's birth created a crossover between Greek and Egyptian mythologies? Neat!

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Apollo has a hard time keeping it in his pants, runs in the family I guess

[pamelamays]

If I'm not mistaken, Apollo is the only god that has the same name in both Greek and Roman mythology.

[ricaivory]

I just laugh at how petty Hercules is that he tried to steal the oracle chair to the point Apollo had to come and be like "yo chill, it's my chair anyway" and Hercules just there arguing with him over taking the chair bcuz he can't get a prophecy. Hercules, the very first Karen 😂😂😂

[peterjf]

So if the centaur Chiron was a skilled physician, does that mean that he was the Centaur for Disease Control?

[pmays]

The image of Hercules straight up swinging a sacred chair at the oracle of Delphi like a drunk frat boy will always be hilarious to me.

[roywood]

The legend of Apollo and Hyacinthus is by far one of my favorites.

[Thatgirlnee]

I screamed internal when you mentioned Lore Olympus. I love this web comic!

[garethjones]

I have a colleague Named Apolo, it's cool to know a little more about the god he's named after. Thanks Jon

[Bingus]

Wouldn’t it have made more sense to call the Apollo missions to the Artemis missions considering she is the goddess of the moon

[dragonlynx]

When I think about Apollo I always remember that moment in the Percy Jackson books when he turned his golden chariot into a school bus to give his sister's hunters a ride to camp, a flying school bus that Thalia nearly crashed into Europe! And Apollo never flinched once, instead wouldn't shut up about haikus. 🤣🤣🤣

[winterwine]

Apollo has always been my favourite major god and I always feel like people don't know just how cool he actually is-

[madytullis]

Anyone else impressed he knew Lore Olympus?
Cause damn!!
Also love this episode!!!

[daniellebrown]

Can I just give a shout out to lore Olympus. It's my favorite spin in Hades and Persephone

[alinabina]

Yeah I need to know about Apollo's origin. Cuz he pissed me off in Lore Olympus.

[mickgorro]

The wrath of Apollo also devastated the Greek camp next to Troy at the start of the Iliad.

[EBThisThat]

You knew I'd be here. Apollo is one of my favorite Gods in greek mythology. The chronicles that Riordan wrote really live up to him, and let's not forget Rocky's Apollo.

[JamieHaDov]

It was the goddess Iris, not Isis, who went to get Eileithyia. Iris is the messenger of the gods and goddess of rainbows. Isis is Egyptian.

[vsvibes]

I couldn’t get enough of Blood Of Zeus from Netflix so I’m glad Jon mentioned it 🥰