Apollo

Meaning

Name

1. 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, medicine, and poetry; and prophecy, dance, manly beauty, and more.
2. The planet Mercury, when observed as a Morning Star.
3. Short for 1862 Apollo, an Apollo asteroid.
4. A United States space program, and the vehicles it created, used for human travel to the moon.
5. Apollo Theater, a music hall in New York City associated with African-American performers.
6. A butterfly of species Parnassius apollo, a large swallowtail with black and red spots on white wings.
7. A very handsome young man.
8. A male given name
9. A placename.

Noun

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

Concepts

Apollo

Phoebus

Phoebus Apollo

Satan

Olympian

apollo

mountain Apollo

Hyphenated as

Apol‧lo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈpɒləʊ/

Etymology

From Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).

Sentences

In the middle is Apollo the god of art , music and poetry .