Roman · God or goddess · Certain
Apollo
Apollo in his ancient Roman cult record, represented as a Roman Imperial prophetic musician with laurel and concert kithara while remaining a distinct database identity from Greek Apollo and radiate Sol.
Profile research status
This stable record is still in evidence review. Its current identity, cultural scope, image, and direct source records are available here; a complete history, myth, worship, iconography, relationship, and reception profile is not yet claimed.
Direct connections and evidence
Explicit Source
Romans adopted Medicus Apollo during a fifth-century BC plague
Historical adoption connects the cults while their Greek and Roman histories remain distinct.
1 attestation · high confidence
- Fritz Graf, ApolloThe Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization, second edition · edited by Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth; assistant editor Esther Eidinow · Oxford University Press · Roman Republican period · Rome · Page Printed page 56; preview PDF page 84 · Entry Medicus Apollo, Roman adoption in 433 BC, early temple, and Palatine cult
Archive scope and classification
- Figure classification
- God or goddess · certain
- Pantheon or tradition shelf
- Roman
- Cultures
- Roman
- Traditions
- Ancient Roman religion
- Periods
- Unspecified
- Places
- Unspecified
Identity and a conservative image prompt are grounded in accession-level historical comparanda; textual, cultic, and relational extraction remains incomplete.
Reviewed sources
- Fritz Graf, Apollo (2014)The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization, second edition · Oxford University Press