Apollo in the islands. Apollo's sister Artemis, who was the Greek goddess of hunting, is identified with Britomartis (Diktynna), the Minoan "Mistress of the animals". In her earliest depictions she is accompanied by the "Mister of the animals", a male god of hunting who had the bow as his attribute. His original name is unknown, but it seems that he was absorbed by the more popular Apollo, who stood by the virgin "Mistress of the Animals", becoming her brother. The old oracles in Delphi seem to be connected with a local tradition of the priesthood, and there is not clear evidence
HMS Apollo (1794) Captain Halkett, who returned to the Navy at his previous rank and was granted command of a newly completed 36-gun frigate, also named . HMS Apollo (1794) HMS "Apollo", the third ship of the Royal Navy to be named for the Greek god Apollo, was a 38-gun "Artois"-class fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She served during the French Revolutionary Wars, but her career ended after just four years in service when she was wrecked on the Haak sands off the Dutch coast. "Apollo" was ordered on 28 March 1793 and was laid down that month at the yards