Definition of Apolo
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.
- Wikipedia
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
Phébus.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a very handsome young man.
Italian
- Apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo, a large swallowtail with black and red spots on white wings)
Apollo- (Greek, Roman mythology): The son of Zeus and Leto (or Jupiter and Latona), and the twin brother of Artemis (or Diana). He was the god of light, music, prophecy, medicine, poetry, dance, manly beauty, and more.
- A very handsome young man.
- Space, U.S. A three-man spacecraft designed to travel to and land on the moon.
- A town in Pennsylvania, USA.
- A butterfly (Parnassius apollo, a large swallowtail with black and red spots on white wings).
Italian
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Latin
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- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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