apollo : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: apollo	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for apollo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Apollo n (Greek mythology) Greek god of light; god of prophecy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis Synonym(s): Apollo, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apollo \Apol"lo\, n. [L. Apollo, -linis, Gr. [?].] (Classic Myth.) A deity among the Greeks and Romans. He was the god of light and day (the [bd]sun god[b8]), of archery, prophecy, medicine, poetry, and music, etc., and was represented as the model of manly grace and beauty; -- called also {Ph[82]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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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