# Apollo — Metamorphoses character guide

> Apollo in Metamorphoses by Ovid.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Phoebus, great Apollo, Actian Phoebus

**First appearance:** 0007-transformation-of-daphne-into-a-laurel

## Who they are

God of prophecy, music, and healing; pursues Daphne and slays Python.

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