Apollo and the Mouse

Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St. Andrews are named after him.
From Lang’s fundamental essay Custom and Myth, published in 1884, we have drawn the study Apollo and te Mouse, which today we propose to modern readers.
Why is Apollo, especially the Apollo of the Troad, he who showered the darts of pestilence...