Apollo was a Greek god associated with the bow, music, and divination. The epitome of youth and beauty, source of life and healing, patron of the arts, and as bright and powerful as the sun itself, Apollo was perhaps the most loved of all the gods. He was worshipped at Delphi and Delos, amongst the most famous of all Greek religious sanctuaries.
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c. 800 BCEThe site of Delphi first acquires a religious significance.
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c. 700 BCEGreek poet Hesiod writes his Theogony and Works and Days.
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c. 700 BCEThe temple of Apollo is built on the island of Delos.
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700 BCE - 600 BCETemples are built in honour of Apollo, Demeter and Dionysos on the island of Naxos.
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c. 650 BCEThe first temple in honour of Apollo is built at Delphi.
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c. 550 BCEThe temple of Apollo is constructed at Corinth.
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c. 510 BCEThe second temple to Apollo is constructed at Delphi, replacing the first temple destroyed by fire.
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c. 460 BCE - 457 BCETemple of Zeus is built at Olympia with a statue of Apollo dominating the west pediment and containing the cult statue of Zeus by Phidias.
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c. 420 BCE - c. 400 BCEThe Temple of Apollo is built at Bassae.
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c. 330 BCEThe third temple to Apollo is constructed at Delphi, replacing the earlier temple damaged by earthquake.
