APOLLO DEFINITIONS - 8 definitions found
Apollo n 1: (Greek mythology) Greek god of light; god of prophecy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis [syn: Apollo, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo}] apollo palolo Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) Apollo noun Etymology: Latin Apollin-, Apollo, from Greek Apollōn Date: 13th century 1. the Greek and Roman god of sunlight, prophecy, music, and poetry 2. [Apollo, an asteroid of this class] any of a class of asteroids having an orbit that extends from inside to beyond the earth's orbit The Nuttall Encyclopaedia (1907) Apollo the god par excellence of the Greeks, identified with the sun and all that we owe to it in the shape of inspiration, art, poetry, and medicine; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis; born in the island of Delos (q. v.), whither Leto had fled from the jealous Hera; his favourite oracle at Delphi. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Apollo \A*pol"lo\, n. [L. Apollo, -linis, Gr. ?.] (Classic Myth.) A deity among the Greeks and Romans. He was the god of light and day (the ``sun god''), of archery, prophecy, medicine, poetry, and music, etc., and was represented as the model of manly grace and beauty; -- called also Ph['e]bus. The Apollo Belvedere, a celebrated statue of Apollo in the Belvedere gallery of the Vatican palace at Rome, esteemed of the noblest representations of the human frame. Apollo, PA (borough, FIPS 2720) Location: 40.58456 N, 79.56462 W Population (1990): 1895 (863 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15613 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 168 Moby Thesaurus words for "Apollo": ATDA, ATS, Adonis, Agdistis, Alouette, Amen-Ra, Amor, Anna, Aphrodite, Apollo Belvedere, Apollo Musagetes, Apollon, Ares, Ariel, Artemis, Astarte, Ate, Athena, Atlas-Score, Bacchus, Balder, Biosatellite, Bragi, Calliope, Castilian Spring, Ceres, Cleopatra, Comsat, Cora, Cosmos, Courier, Cronus, Cupid, Cybele, Demeter, Despoina, Diana, Diapason, Dionysus, Dis, Discoverer, ERS, Early Bird, Echo, Elektron, Erato, Eros, Euterpe, Explorer, Freya, GATV, Gaea, Gaia, Ge, Gemini, Great Mother, Hades, Hebe, Helicon, Helios, Hephaestus, Hera, Here, Hermes, Hestia, Hippocrene, Hymen, Hyperion, Injun, Intelsat, Jove, Juno, Jupiter, Jupiter Fidius, Jupiter Fulgur, Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Jupiter Pluvius, Jupiter Tonans, Kore, Kronos, Lofti, Luna, Lunar Orbiter, Lunik, Magna Mater, Mariner, Mars, Mars probes, Mercury, Midas, Minerva, Mithras, Momus, Muse, Narcissus, Neptune, Nike, Nimbus, OAO, OGO, OSO, Olympians, Olympic gods, Ops, Orcus, Orpheus, Pageos, Parnassus, Pegasus, Persephassa, Persephone, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo, Pierian Spring, Pierides, Pioneer, Pluto, Polyhymnia, Polymnia, Poseidon, Proserpina, Proserpine, Proton, Ra, Ranger, Relay, Rhea, Samos, San Marco, Saturn, Savitar, Secor, Shamash, Sol, Sputnik, Surveyor, Surya, Syncom, Tellus, Telstar, Terpsichore, Titan, Transit, Vanguard, Venus, Venus de Milo, Vesta, Viking, Voskhod, Vulcan, WRESAT, Zeus, Zond, afflatus, artificial satellites, creative imagination, fire of genius, houri, inspiration, peri, poesy, poetic genius, sacred Nine, spacecraft, the Graces, the Muses, the Nine, tuneful Nine WHO WAS WHO 5000 B. C. to Date APOLLO a handsome ancient who fell in love, posed for his statues, patronized music and poetry, and, finally, had a table water named in his honor. Career: See longer and less respectable biographies. A. was the first person to sing to the accompaniment of a musical instrument, but he was a good singer. Ambition: Paris. Recreation: Music, travel, archery. Address: Greece. Clubs: Athletic, musical. |
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