上海文通大学 SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UINIVERSITY Apollo:The Archer He embodies the Hellenic values of reason. harmony,lucidity and moderation;he is the unerring prophet who knows the true and the right and the will of his father Zeus, revealing them to the mortals,though often in enigmatic fashion;he is a god of purification and healing,but also the archer-god 'who strikes from afar'and inflicts plague and death with his arrows; he is the leader of the Muses and a patron of poetry and music,particularly that of a lyre (Hard,2004) www.theoi.comApollo: The Archer ▪ He embodies the Hellenic values of reason, harmony, lucidity and moderation; he is the unerring prophet who knows the true and the right and the will of his father Zeus, revealing them to the mortals, though often in enigmatic fashion; he is a god of purification and healing, but also the archer-god ‘who strikes from afar’ and inflicts plague and death with his arrows; he is the leader of the Muses and a patron of poetry and music, particularly that of a lyre (Hard, 2004)