#source material tag

[strikesfromafar]

They say that Apollo will be one that is very haughty and will greatly lord it among gods and men all over the fruitful earth.

Delos expresses its fears to Leto, who asks that she be allowed to give birth to Apollo on the island, Homeric Hymn 3, To Apollo, translated by H.G. Evelyn-White

[strikesfromafar]

His prayer went up and Phoebus Apollo heard him. Down he strode from Olympus’ peaks, storming at heart with his bow and hooded quiver slung across his shoulders. The arrows clanged at his back as the god quaked with rage, the god himself on the march and down he came like night.

Homer, The Iliad, Book I, translated by Robert Fagles