apollo

4 definitions found

apollo - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster] Apollonian

apollo - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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 - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  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

apollo - 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