Editing Apollo (section)

===Failed love attempts===
{{See also|Apollo and Daphne}}
Love affairs ascribed to Apollo are a late development in Greek mythology.<ref>"The love-stories themselves were not told until later." [[Karl Kerenyi]], ''The Gods of the Greeks'' 1951:140.</ref> Their vivid anecdotal qualities have made some of them favorites of painters since the Renaissance, the result being that they stand out more prominently in the modern imagination.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

[[File:Apollo and Daphne (Bernini).jpg|thumb|''[[Apollo and Daphne]]'' by [[Bernini]] in the [[Galleria Borghese]]|left]]
[[Daphne]] was a [[nymph]] who scorned Apollo's advances and ran away from him. When Apollo chased her in order to persuade her, she changed herself into a laurel tree. According to other versions, she cried for help during the chase, and [[Gaia]] helped her by taking her in and placing a laurel tree in her place.<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''[[Fabulae]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#203 203].</ref> According to Roman poet [[Ovid]], the chase was brought about by [[Cupid]], who hit Apollo with a golden arrow of love and Daphne with a leaden arrow of hatred.<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0074%3Abook%3D1%3Acard%3D452 1.452–567]; Tripp, s.v. Daphne.</ref> The myth explains the origin of the [[Bay Laurel|laurel]] and the connection of Apollo with the laurel and its leaves, which his priestess employed at [[Delphi]]. The leaves became the symbol of victory and laurel wreaths were given to the victors of the [[Pythian games]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

[[Marpessa (daughter of Evenus)|Marpessa]] was kidnapped by [[Idas]] but was loved by Apollo as well. [[Zeus]] made her choose between them, and she chose Idas on the grounds that Apollo, being immortal, would tire of her when she grew old.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022%3Atext%3DLibrary%3Abook%3D1%3Achapter%3D7%3Asection%3D8 1.7.8&ndash;9]; cf. [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134%3Abook%3D9%3Acard%3D538 9.557&ndash;560].</ref>

[[Sinope (mythology)|Sinope]], a nymph, was approached by the amorous Apollo. She made him promise that he would grant to her whatever she would ask for, and then cleverly asked him to let her stay a virgin. Apollo kept his promise and went back.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

[[Bolina]] was admired by Apollo but she refused him and jumped into the sea. To avoid her death, Apollo turned her into a nymph, saving her life.<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.%207.23.4 Pausanias, ''Description of Greece'', 7.23.4]</ref>

[[Castalia]] was a [[nymph]] whom Apollo loved. She fled from him and dove into the [[castalian Spring|spring]] at Delphi, at the base of [[Mt. Parnassos]], which was then named after her. Water from this spring was sacred; it was used to clean the Delphian temples and inspire the priestesses.<ref>[[Statius]], ''[[Thebaid (Latin poem)|Thebaid]]'' 1.696 ff.</ref>

[[Cassandra]] was a daughter of Hecuba and Priam. Apollo wished to court her. Cassandra promised to return his love on one condition – he should give her the power to see the future. Apollo fulfilled her wish, but she went back on her word and rejected him soon after. Angered that she broke her promise, Apollo cursed her that even though she would see the future, no one would ever believe her prophecies.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

The [[Cumaean Sibyl|Sibyl of Cumae]] like Cassandra promised Apollo her love in exchange for a boon. asking for as many years of life as the grains of sand in her hand. Apollo granted her wish, but she broke her word. While she lived longer, Apollo did not grant her agelessness, causing her to wither until only her voice remained.<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 14.129–154</ref>

[[Hestia]], the goddess of the hearth, rejected both Apollo's and Poseidon's marriage proposals and swore that she would always stay unmarried.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

In one version of the prophet [[Tiresias]]'s origins, he was originally a woman who promised Apollo to sleep with him if he would give her music lessons. Apollo gave her her wish, but then she went back on her word and refused him. Apollo in anger turned her into a man.<ref>{{cite book | first1 = Domitilla | last1 = Campanile | first2 = Filippo | last2 = Carlà-Uhink | first3 = Margherita | last3 = Facella | page =[https://books.google.com/books?id=39ENDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT57 57] | title = TransAntiquity: Cross-Dressing and Transgender Dynamics in the Ancient World | publisher = [[Routledge]] | date = 23 February 2017 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=39ENDgAAQBAJ | isbn = 9781138941205}}</ref>