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A⋅pol⋅lo
[uh-pol-oh] 
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–noun, plural -los for 2, 3.
| 1. | the ancient Greek and Roman god of light, healing, music, poetry, prophecy, and manly beauty; the son of Leto and brother of Artemis. |
| 2. | a very handsome young man. |
| 3. | Aerospace. one of a series of U.S. spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to the moon and back. |
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| A·pol·lo (ə-pŏl'ō) n.
[Latin Apollō, from Greek Apollōn.] |
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Apollo
The Greek and Roman god of poetry, prophecy, medicine, and light. Apollo represents all aspects of civilization and order. He was worshiped at the Delphic oracle, where a priestess gave forth his predictions. Zeus was his father, and Artemis was his sister. He is sometimes identified with Hyperion, the Titan he succeeded.
Note: As a representative of controlled and ordered nature, Apollo is often contrasted with Dionysus, the god who represents wild, creative energies.
Note: The sun was sometimes described as Apollo's chariot, riding across the sky.
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Apollo
god of music, poetry, medicine, etc., later identified with Helios, the sun god; the name is a L. form of the Gk. Apollon, said to be related to an obs. Gk. verb meaning "to drive away" (evil, etc.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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