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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

/ əˈɒəʊ /

noun

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

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apollo

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/ əˈɒəʊ /

noun

  1. a strikingly handsome youth

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apollo

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/ əˈɒəʊ /

noun

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

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Apollo

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/ əˈɒəʊ /

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

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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.

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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.
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From the Apollo moon landing and Woodstock to the Stonewall riots and the Harlem Cultural Festival, there wasn’t a disciple or demographic that was not directly affected over that stretch.

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For her 16th, Joel takes her to a science museum, where she lives out her dream of going to space by climbing inside the Apollo 15 command module.

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The other is undeniably pure: the proceeds raised by the November 2024 event, which was filmed at New York’s Apollo Theater, benefited God’s Love We Deliver.

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Rosemary takes us to see a Saturn V – the rocket that took the Apollo astronauts to the Moon in 1969.

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The new wheels will also carry much bigger loads than the lightweight rovers Apollo astronauts cruised around in.

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