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The Arrow of Apollo on display in the Delphi Museum of the Colonies

The Arrow of Apollo is a symbolic great hunting arrow and a symbol of Apollo, Lord of Kobol. The Arrow, as it turns out, is also a key.

Legend states that the Arrow is the one surviving clue to location of the planet Earth (TRS: "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II"). According to accounts of the scriptures of Pythia and Laura Roslin's statement to the Quorum of Twelve, the arrow is a key of sorts, which will open the Tomb of Athena (TRS: "Fragged").

This arrow itself was on display in the Delphi Museum of the Colonies in the City of Delphi on Caprica (TRS: "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II").

While the city itself suffered extensive damage as a result of bombing during the Cylon attack, the Arrow survived undamaged in the ruins of the museum. It becomes the focal point of Laura Roslin's attempts to discover the whereabouts of Earth following the apparently accidental discovery of Kobol by the Fleet (TRS: "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I"). The quest for the Arrows leads Lieutenant Kara Thrace to disobey orders, taking a captured Cylon Raider to Caprica to retrieve the Arrow.

The Arrow is guarded at the museum by a copy of Number Six until collected by Thrace and eventually taken to the Astral Queen and fugitive President Roslin (TRS: "Home, Part I").

The Arrow did not in fact open the Tomb of Athena, as stated in the scriptures, but activated a planetarium inside when placed in the bow of the statue of Sagittaron within it. It is not indicated whether the Arrow was recovered from the Tomb after its use.

Original Series Comparison

In the Original Series two-part episode,"Lost Planet of the Gods," Commander Adama wears a medallion that he uses as a key to enter the tomb of the Ninth Lord of Kobol. As with the users of the Arrow of Apollo in the later series, the original Adama and his Galactica also searched for information on the whereabouts of Earth. Unfortunately, his team is interrupted by Cylon attacks and is forced to abandon the quest.

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-[[Image:bsg-arrow-apollo.jpg|thumb|The Arrow of Apollo (credit: Sci-Fi Channel)]]
+[[Image:bsg-arrow-apollo.jpg|thumb|The Arrow of Apollo on display in the Delphi Museum of the Colonies]]
-A great hunting arrow, and a symbol of [[Apollo, Lord of Kobol]].
+The '''Arrow of Apollo''' is a symbolic great hunting arrow and a symbol of [[Apollo, Lord of Kobol]]. The Arrow, as it turns out, is also a key.
-Legend states that the Arrow is the one surviving clue to location of the planet [[Earth]] ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).  According to accounts of the scriptures of [[Pythia]] and [[Laura Roslin]]'s statement to the [[Quorum of Twelve]], the arrow is a key of sorts, which will open the [[Tomb of Athena]]. (''[[Fragged]]'')
+Legend states that the Arrow is the one surviving clue to location of the planet [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] {{TRS|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II}}.  According to accounts of the scriptures of [[Pythia]] and [[Laura Roslin]]'s statement to the [[Quorum of Twelve]], the arrow is a key of sorts, which will open the [[Tomb of Athena]] {{TRS|Fragged}}.
-This arrow itself, or an accurate facsimile thereof, was on display in the Museum of the Colonial Arts in the City of [[Delphi]] on [[Caprica]] ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).
+This arrow itself was on display in the [[Delphi Museum of the Colonies]] in the City of [[Delphi]] on [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol#Caprica|Caprica]] {{TRS|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II}}.
-While the city itself suffered extensive damage as a result of bombing during the [[Cylon attack]], the Arrow itself survived undamaged. It becomes the focal point of [[Roslin, Laura|Laura Roslin's]] attempts to discover the whereabouts of Earth following the apparently accidental discovery of [[Kobol]] by the Colonial fleet ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]. These attempts lead to Lieutenant [[Thrace, Kara|Kara Thrace]] disobeying orders and taking a captured [[Cylon Raider]] to [[Caprica]], when the Raider is required in a plan to  rescue personnel from the ''[[Galactica]]'' who have been shot down by Cylons over Kobol ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]).
+While the city itself suffered extensive damage as a result of bombing during the [[Cylon attack]], the Arrow survived undamaged in the ruins of the museum. It becomes the focal point of [[Laura Roslin]]'s attempts to discover the whereabouts of Earth following the apparently accidental discovery of {{RDM|Kobol}} by the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] {{TRS|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I}}. The quest for the Arrows leads Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace]] to disobey orders, taking a captured [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raider]] to Caprica to retrieve the Arrow.
-[[Image:Arrowofapolloinuse.jpg|left|thumb|The Arrow in use ([[Home, Part II]]) (credit: Sci-Fi Channel)]]
-It was housed in the [[Delphi Museum of the Colonies]] until collected by [[Thrace, Kara|Starbuck]] and taken to the ''[[Astral Queen]]'' and [[Laura Roslin]] ([[Home, Part I]]).
-Once the Tomb was found, Starbuck placed the Arrow in the bow of the statue icon of Sagittaron inside the Tomb. ([[Home, Part II]]). Immediately all those in the Tomb found themselves in a grassy field at nighttime surrounded by twelve large stone stabs not unlike those of Stonehenge, ostensibly immersed in some sort of holgram. On each column were the ancient symbol of each Colony as used on their respective old Colonial flags, supposedly before the [[Articles of Colonization]]. Roslin noted that the symbols were used back when the ancient names of the Colonies were used: Aries and not Arilon, Taurus and not Tauron, Gemini instead of Gememon, etc.
+[[Image:Arrowofapolloinuse.jpg|left|thumb|The Arrow in use {{TRS|Home, Part II}}]]
+The Arrow is guarded at the museum by a copy of [[Number Six]] until collected by Thrace and [[The Farm|eventually]] taken to the ''[[Astral Queen]]'' and fugitive President Roslin {{TRS|Home, Part I}}.
-Above the group, the night sky showed a representation of the same symbol in the form of its constellation as it would be seen on Earth. In fact, Starbuck realized that, according to the Scriptures, that they were all standing on a representation of Earth, seeing what their comrades on Earth would see. The map information would be incomplete without one more stellar reference point found by Apollo in the Sagittarius constellation: the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagoon_Nebula Lagoon Nebula], an object visible on Earth and known as well to the Twelve Colonies. Lee Adama deduced that as they approached this point, the ship would be able to further define their position to Earth. Commander Adama noted that the nebula was "a long way away from here."
+The Arrow did not in fact open the Tomb of Athena, as stated in the scriptures, but activated a planetarium inside when placed in the bow of the statue of Sagittaron within it. It is not indicated whether the Arrow was recovered from the Tomb after its use.
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-The group was not shown leaving the hologram. It can presumed that the group walked beyond the stones and the image faded to their actual location in the Tomb. It is not indicated whether the Arrow was recovered from the Tomb after its use.
+==Original Series Comparison==
-==Notes==
-Adama notes that the Lagoon Nebula was known to the Colonials by the astronomical classification of M8. This is identical to what we call the object here according to the official name from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Astronomical_Union International Astronomical Union.]
-The nebula, in reality, appears a a gray object in the sky with binoculars or telescope. It would not be as vivid or large in the sky by the naked eye as it was shown in the group's vision. The object was in the proper constellation of Sagittarius.
+In the {{TOS|Battlestar Galactica|Original Series}} two-part episode,"[[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I|Lost Planet of the Gods]]," Commander {{TOS|Adama}} wears a [[Adama's Medallion|medallion]] that he uses as a key to enter the tomb of the [[Ninth Lord of Kobol]]. As with the users of the Arrow of Apollo in the later series, the original Adama and his ''{{TOS|Galactica}}'' also searched for information on the whereabouts of Earth. Unfortunately, his team is interrupted by {{TOS|Cylons|Cylon}} attacks and is forced to abandon the quest.
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