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Definition of Apollo

1. Noun. (Greek mythology) Greek god of light; god of prophecy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis.

Definition of Apollo

1. n. 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 Phébus.

Definition of Apollo

1. Proper noun. (context Greek god Roman god): The son of Zeus and Leto (or Jupiter and Latona), and the twin brother of Artemis (or Diana). ''Oxford Dictionary of World Mythology'', Arthur Cotterell, Oxford University Press, 1986 He was the god of light, music, medicine, and poetry; ''Webster's College Dictionary'', Random House, 2001 and prophecy, dance, manly beauty, and more. ¹

2. Proper noun. (astronomy) The planet Mercury, when observed as a Morning Star. ¹

3. Proper noun. A very handsome young man. ¹

4. Proper noun. A United States space program, and the vehicles it created, used for human travel to the moon. ¹

5. Proper noun. A town in Pennsylvania, USA. ¹

6. Proper noun. A butterfly (''Parnassius apollo'', a large swallowtail with black and red spots on white wings). ¹

7. Proper noun. A male given name ¹

8. Noun. (astronomy) An asteroid possessing an orbit that crosses the orbit of the Earth and an orbital period of over one year, with semimajor axis semimajor axes greater than 1 AU, and perihelion distances less than 1.017 AU. ¹

9. Noun. A very handsome young man. ¹

10. Noun. A butterfly, also known as mountain apollo (''Parnassius apollo''). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Apollo

1. a handsome young man [n -LOS]

Medical Definition of Apollo

1. 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 Phebus. 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. Origin: L. Apollo, -linis, Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Apollo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquitiesby William George Smith, Charles Anthon by William George Smith, Charles Anthon (1870)
"This place contained an oracle of apollo with a sacred well, ... Oracle of apollo in the Lyceum at Argos. The oracle was here given by a prophetess.' 10. ..."

2. Greek and Roman [mythology] by William Sherwood Fox (1916)
"With one of his sharp shafts apollo laid Typhon low, and because he left the carcass upon the ground to rot, the deity was called ..."

3. The Mythology of All Races by John Arnott MacCulloch, Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, Alice Werner (1916)
"With one of his sharp shafts apollo laid Typhon low, and because he left the carcass upon the ground to rot, the deity was called ..."

4. The Cults of the Greek States by Lewis Richard Farnell (1907)
"apollo from Olympian Gable. XXXIII. Chatsworth bronze head of apollo. XXXIV". apollo on Parthenon frieze. XXXV. apollo on pyxis in the Hermitage, ..."

5. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"Cynthia, tune harmonious numbers; Fair Discretion, string the lyre; Sooth my ever-waking slumbers : Bright apollo, lend thy choir! ..."

6. Collected Poems by Alfred Noyes (1920)
"THE INN OF apollo HAVE you supped at the Inn of apollo, While the last light ... O, there's wine in that Inn of apollo; Wine, mellow and deep as the sunset ..."

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