Symbols In Apollo's Life
although he was associated with many positive aspects of the human condition such as music, poetry, and medicine, the god also had his darker side as the bringer of plague and divine retribution, most famously as the remorseless slayer of niobe's. objects traditionally associated with the god include a silver bow symbolic of his prowess as an archer, a kithara or a lyre made from the shell of a tortoise, a gift from hermes after a quarrel over his theft of Apollo's cattle; symbolic of his ability in music and leader of the chorus of the nine