Apollo

[uh-pol-oh]

noun

plural

Apollos 

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.

Apollo

¹

/ əˈpɒləʊ /

noun

1. classical myth the god of light, poetry, music, healing, and prophecy: son of Zeus and Leto

Apollo

²

/ əˈpɒləʊ /

noun

1. any of a series of manned US spacecraft designed to explore the moon and surrounding space. Apollo 11 made the first moon landing in July 1969

apollo

³

/ əˈpɒləʊ /

noun

1. a strikingly handsome youth

apollo

⁴

/ əˈpɒləʊ /

noun

1. a handsome Eurasian mountain butterfly, Parnassius apollo, with palish wings and prominent red ocelli

Apollo

1. 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.

The sun was sometimes described as Apollo's chariot, riding across the sky.

As a representative of controlled and ordered nature, Apollo is often contrasted with Dionysus, the god who represents wild, creative energies.

Example Sentences

There, they broke into the ornate Apollo Room of the onetime palace and most-visited museum in the world.

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The initiative, described as the largest marshaling of federal scientific resources since Apollo, will require significant computing power.

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They analyzed 15 samples from Earth and six lunar samples returned by the Apollo missions.

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Earlier in November global sports investment company Apollo Sports Capital struck a deal to become Atletico Madrid's majority shareholder.

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This led to the establishment of the Apollo space program, and everyone’s efforts shifted, since now our entire nation would be reaching for the moon.

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