Apollo can be said to embody certain personality problems, and certain problems of civilization (think of the culture-nature relationship/tension). To what extent, if at all, do stories and information about Apollo suggest these problems can be resolved? Apollo is a complex figure with multiple attributes that make him difficult to understand. He takes on many roles (god of prophecy, healing, arts, archery), each of which has a duality of its own. There is a …showed first 75 words of 1926 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1926 total…Apollo is the enigma 'man' and therefore each and every one of us. Works cited Burkert, Walter. Greek Religion. Trans. John Raffan. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1985. Ferguson, John. Among the Gods. Great Britain: St Edmundsbury Press, 1989. Homer, The Odyssey. Trans. E. V. Rieu. 1946. London: Penguin, 1991. Lloyd, Alan B. What is a God? London: Gerald Duckworth and Company, 1997. Reinhold, Meyer. Past and Present. Canada: A. M. Hakkert, 1972. Slater, Philip E. The Glory of Hera. USA: Beacon Press, 1968.