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Why did Apollo have to drive the sun chariot of fire across the sky everyday?
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∙ 13y ago
He did not; that was the task of the Titan Helios.
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∙ 13y ago
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What are Apollo's duties as a Greek god?
He had to drive the sun chariot of fire across the sky everyday.
What is Apollo the greek god responsibilities?
Apollo's responsibilities were to harness his sun chariot and drive it across the sky.
What were Apollo responsibilities?
drive the sun across the world everyday
What was the greek god Apollo's responsibilities?
Harness his chariot of four horses and drive the sun across the sky. Ancient Greeks believed the sun was one of the wheels of Apollo's chariot.
What did Apollo drive?
The sun chariot
Why did Phaeton go visit Apollo?
Because he wanted to drive the sun chariot.
What did Apollo's son do when he drove the chariot?
He didn't drive appropriately and almost burned the earth.
Who were Apollo's sons and the sun chariot?
Phaeton, the son of Apollo, was allowed to drive the sun chariot with disastrous results. Click link below for more info. Choose Phaeton in left hand menu!
Why did Apollo drive his chariot across the sky?
I'm pretty sure he didn't. It was Helios, the sun god, who did that. You might have heard Apollo did because since Apollo is a god of light people can mistake him for the sun god when really he is more a god of spiritual light, not the actual light of the sun.
What does Apollo promise to Phaethon for daring to visit?
He wanted to drive Apollo's fiery chariot carring Helios across the sky despite being warned that not even Zeus himself would drive it. He held stead fast saying he would. The chariot began to go out of control and set fire to the ground Zeus himself had to stop the chariot with a lighting bolt. In most cases, Phaethon was considered a son of Helios, and asked Helios for permission to ride his chariot, since Helios had promised on the river Styx to fulfill his request. Having no other choice, Helios had to allow his son to drive the chariot and get struck by Zeus' lightning bolt.
What did Helios let his son do?
Drive his sun chariot across the sky.
What did the Greek god Apollo do?
He healed many of the Greek gods and humans on earth, he also brought medicine to the earth. His daily chore was to drive the sun chariot across the sky. He was the god of culture and learning.
