ʻO Bust o Apollo i ke Keʻokeʻo White Marble no ke kūʻai aku

ʻO Apollo ke akua o ka mālamalama, wānana, mele a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o ka moʻolelo Helene kahiko, ke akua o ka hoʻopakele pōpilikia, a me ka pale o ka nohona kanaka, ka neʻe a me nā luina. Eia naʻe ke keiki a Zeus lāua ʻo Leto.

Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Apollo ʻo Forbos Apollo, a ʻo Forbos ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo "bright" a i ʻole "bright". ʻO Apollo ke akua kāne uʻi a maikaʻi loa. He hauʻoli, akamai, a me kahi ʻano lā kona ʻano. ʻO ia ka mea e mahalo ʻia e nā mea pena kiʻi he nui i nā mele a me nā kiʻi pena.

Ua ʻōlelo pinepine ʻia ʻo Apollo ke akua lā e ka poʻe o kēia ao, akā ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, i ke kenekulia 5 BC, ua hoʻohui ʻo ia iā Helios a me nā lāhui ʻōiwi Helene ʻē aʻe. I ka wā hope loa o nā moʻolelo Helene kahiko, ua loaʻa iā Apollo nā ʻano o ke akua lā.

Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Apollo ke akua o nā puke a me nā mea noʻeau, ka mālama o ka mālamalama, ka lā, ka lāʻau, ka mālama holoholona, ​​nā mele, a pēlā aku, a ʻo ia ka mea pale i nā kānaka, ke akua o ka mālamalama, ke akua o ka wānana, ka mea pale i ka neʻe a me luina, ke akua o ka hoʻōla, a me ke kōkua hōʻino Ke Akua o nā pilikia. Ma ka moʻolelo a Homer, Zeus, Athena, a me Apollo i wehewehe ʻia ma ke ʻano he hui lōkahi i ka moʻolelo moʻomanaʻo ʻo Olympus, ʻoiai ʻo ka hōʻea ʻana o Apollo i Olympus i makaʻu i nā akua, a me ka pale a Apollo a me Majestic, a ua kūpono hoʻi me kona nani a nani. He hōʻailona o ka nani kāne kāne i nā kiʻi Helene kahiko. ʻO kāna kāne ʻeiwa poʻo poʻo a me kāna kālena nui i hoʻohanohano iā ia me nā akua wahine he nui.

ʻO Apollo kahi ʻōpio ikaika a piha i ke koko. Hanohano a hanohano kona helehelena. He uʻi ʻo ia, me nā lauoho lōʻihi e ʻālohilohi i ka ʻala a lana iki ma kona poʻohiwi. Ma kona poʻo, kau ʻo ia i ka lei aliʻi i ulana ʻia me nā lālā a me nā lau o ka laurel, Eros, ʻoliva a me ka līlia wai. Hoʻokomo pinepine ke akua o ka mālamalama i nā lole makamae, poʻo i luna i ka lani polū, a hīmeni me kahi lira. Hāpai ʻo ia i kāna mau kakaka kālā a me ka haʻalulu, i kekahi manawa me ka pahi kaua gula.

Hōʻike kēia kiʻi iā Apollo ma ke ʻano ʻōpio uʻi. ʻO kona mau maka nahenahe i hōʻike i ka hilinaʻi i ka lanakila. Ua haka pono ʻo ia i ka lani mamao. ʻO ka ihu pololei a me ka helehelena piha e hōʻailona i ka ʻōpio mau. Noho mālie a me ka hanohano. Kūpono ke kiʻi āpau