Apollo
I defended Hippolytus from vicious attacks last week because he was a child and because of his traumatic history with women. Now, here I am defending Apollo in his episode with Daphne. Cupid is the one responsible for Daphne's undoing. Apollo did insult him, but Cupid is the one that involved Daphne. Apollo was under the influence of a magical arrow; Ovid wrote that he "went up in flames, and all his heart burned and fed his impossible passion with hope." Daphne was minding her own business, and Cupid pulled her into something she did not want to be a part of. If Apollo had known what Cupid was going to do, he probably would not have insulted him. I think that if any of us were hit with one of Cupid's arrows, we would probably be surprised by the things we would do.