Iola, an Athenian noble, swore a childhood vow with the archon's sons: at coming of age, she'd wed one. At the wreath rite, all three failed to show—for Phila, the woman they wrongly believed saved them. A commoner, Krisos, caught it clean. Betrayed and shamed, Iola cut her losses and married beneath her—never guessing he was Apollo, the Sun God.