God of the Silver Bow

Among the many titles attributed to Apollo, he is known as the God of the Silver Bow and as such, also known as the God of Archery. According to Greek mythology, Apollo was the son of Zeus and Leto, daughter of a Titan. When Hera, the wife of Zeus discovered that Leto was pregnant, obviously, she was mad with jealousy. Abusing her powers as the Goddess of Childbirth, she decreed that Hera would not be allowed to give birth on "terra firma."

Heavily pregnant with Apollo and his twin sister Artemis, Leto ran around like a hunted prey. By chance or design, Leto came to the newly formed floating island of Delos which was not yet considered "terra firma." While the other gods distracted Hera, Artemis was born and she helped Leto to deliver Apollo. When Apollo was born, Zeus saw how handsome and bright he was for it was said he had a face which shone like the sun. Without further ado, Zeus gave Apollo a golden crown, a golden lyre, and a silver bow with golden arrows of perfect accuracy.

When he was just four days old, Apollo decided to test out his silver bow. To take revenge for his mother, he looked for Python, who was sent by Hera to hunt down Leta. After trapping Python in a sacred cave, Apollo drew an arrow on his silver bow and killed the evil serpent without breaking a sweat. Then, he named the place Delphi and made his home there. 

Some years later, Apollo fell in love with a maiden of exquisite beauty called Coronis. He married her and she became pregnant with his son, Asclepius. For some reason, Apollo didn't fancy staying around the expecting Coronis so he wandered off. Afraid that she would be unfaithful, he set a crow to spy on her. One day, the crow told Apollo that Coronis was having an affair with Ischys. He rushed home to find a figure in white running out of his house in a hurry. Without thinking, he drew an arrow on his silver bow and fired an angry shot. Down went Coronis and Apollo was as mad as he was furious. As punishment, he turned all crows black where previously, they were white. And he made them cry "COR! COR!" in remembrance of his beloved CORonis.

These stories of Apollo are interesting because they show that gods and goddesses make mistakes, just like everyone else. Do they learn? Well, you will surely not be making not a mistake if you go to a trusted silver buyer when you want to sell silver. Get instant cash for silver today!