Apollo's Reason for Being Pro-Trojan

So, we haven't talked at all about the Greek gods outside of the context of the Iliad but here's our first opportunity...

Apollo really liked mortal women, but generally did not have much luck with them. The important piece for the purpose of our discussion is that he had an affair with Hecuba (the Queen of Troy and wife to Priam):

"The most famous mortal loves of Apollo was Hecuba, she was the wife of Priam, the king of Troy. She bore him Troilius. Foretold by an oracle, as long as Troilius reached the age of twenty, Troy could not be defeated. But the hero Achilles ambushed and killed him, when the young prince and his sister Polyxena secretly visited a spring. Apollo also fell in love with Cassandra, the sister of Troilius, and daughter of Hecuba and Priam. He seduced Cassandra on the promise that he would teach her the art of prophecy, but having learnt the prophetic art she rejected him. Apollo, being angry of her rejection punished her, by declaring her prophecies never to be accepted or believed."

Read the rest of Apollo's story at: http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/apollo.html