#Apollo

• Abaeus — A Greek mythological epithet assigned to the god Apollo, derived from the town of Abae in Phocis, where the god had a famous temple and oracle. In the history of medicine and cultural anthropology, Abaeus is studied in connection with cathartic (purification) cults and healing rituals through incubation (sacred sleep in the temple to receive a diagnosis in a dream), specific to pre-Hippocratic theurgic medicine.
• Admetus — The traditional Romanian form for the name of Admetus, the legendary king of Pherae in Thessaly, famous in Greek mythology for being served for a year by the god Apollo and for the devotion of his wife, Alcestis, who agreed to die in his place to save his life.
• Agamedes — A character in Greek mythology, son of Erginus and brother of Trophonius, recognized as a legendary architect and builder of Antiquity. Together with his brother, he designed and erected famous monumental structures, such as the stone threshold of Apollo's temple in Delphi or King Hyrieus's treasury, and was killed during an escape attempt from a structural trap.
• Agyieus — An ancient Greek mythological epithet attributed to the god Apollo (Apollo Agyleus), viewed as the protector of streets, public ways, doorways, and outdoor spaces. His structural symbol was often represented by a pointed conical pillar or a simple stone obelisk placed in front of houses or at intersections to ward off evil spirits and protect the community.
• Aldrin — A surname of Germanic or Anglo-Saxon origin, famous due to the American astronaut Buzz Aldrin (b. 1930), the second man to walk on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission. In the chemical industry and ecotoxicology, the lowercase term (aldrin) designates a highly toxic organochlorine insecticide, banned globally under the Stockholm Convention due to its heavy structural persistence in the environment.
• Moon-land — To perform a controlled descent and landing maneuver of a spacecraft, module, or cosmic vehicle on the surface of the Moon. This high-precision technological and astronautical process involves slowing down the travel speed using retrorockets to guarantee a smooth contact with the lunar soil without damaging the equipment.
• Moon landing — The act of moon-landing and its result; the complete aerospace operation of descent, structural contact, and securing of a cosmic vehicle on the crust of the Moon. This engineering phenomenon represents one of the most complex phases of a lunar mission, requiring real-time dynamic velocity and altitude corrections.
• Ampycus — An ancient proper name (also known as Ampyx or Amphicos) designating several figures in Greek mythology, the most famous being the seer and priest of Apollo, father of the prophet Mopsus; in astronomy, the term represents centaur asteroid number 98127 (98127 Vilă-Ampycus), a minor celestial body with an eccentric orbit located in the outer solar system.
• Anafi — An historical geographical name or rare toponymic variant for the Greek island Anafi (located in the Cyclades archipelago in the Aegean Sea). In a structural mythological and historical sense, the name is closely linked to the legend of the Argonauts, who discovered the island as a refuge miraculously emerged by the command of the god Apollo to save them from a violent storm, with the term used in ancient literature to designate this isolated and rocky space.
• Anius — A legendary king of the island of Delos and priest of Apollo in Greek mythology, son of Apollo and Rhoeo. He is recognized in ancient texts, including Virgil's 'Aeneid', as the host who hospitably received Aeneas during his journey to Italy and the father of the three Oenotropae, maidens blessed by Dionysos with the power to turn everything they touched into wheat, wine, and oil.
• Apollonian — Pertaining to or relating to the god Apollo in Greco-Roman mythology; instituted in honor of Apollo. In philosophy of culture and modern aesthetics (specifically theorized by Nietzsche), the term describes an attitude characterized by harmony, order, balance, rational clarity, and structural measure, standing in direct opposition to the Dionysian spirit based on ecstasy, passion, and chaos.
• Apollonian — Pertaining to or relating to the god Apollo in Greco-Roman mythology; characterized by harmony, balance, rational clarity, measure, and formal perfection. In philosophy of culture (essentially theorized by Friedrich Nietzsche), the term describes the tendency toward order, the logic of individualization, and plastic structural beauty, serving as the perfect antonym to the Dionysian spirit based on ecstasy, chaos, and mystical fusion.
• Apollonianism — An aesthetic, philosophical, or existential attitude characterized by the exclusive adoption of the Apollonian spirit; the structural predilection for harmony, proportion, rational rigor, and emotional control in art and life. The concept denotes the value system that places formal architectural beauty above instinctual or passionate experiences.
• Apollo — One of the most important deities in Greco-Roman mythology, the god of light, the sun, poetry, music, arts, and prophecy, son of Zeus and Leto; often depicted with a lyre or a bow. In the modern history of space exploration, the name designates NASA's legendary space program (Apollo Program) which achieved the first manned flights to the Moon between 1969 and 1972.
• Apollodorus — The name of several illustrious figures from classical Antiquity, the most famous being Apollodorus of Damascus (2nd century AD), a renowned Syrian architect, engineer, and builder in the service of Emperor Trajan. He designed foundational monuments for the history of Dacia and Rome, including the bridge over the Danube at Drobeta, Trajan's Forum, and the famous Column, being considered a genius of monumental architecture.
• Apollon — The original Greek form for the name of the god Apollo, the supreme solar deity of Ancient Greece who patronized light, prophecy, arts, music, archery, and healing; twin brother of the goddess Artemis. The name is closely linked to the Hellenic ideal of male physical perfection, the sacred oracle at Delphi, and the birth of the structural aesthetic concept of formal rationalism and measure.
• Apollonia — The name borne by numerous colonies and city-states across the ancient Greco-Roman world, founded in honor of the god Apollo, the most renowned being Apollonia in Illyria (modern-day Albania) and Apollonia Pontica (modern-day Sozopol, Bulgaria, on the Black Sea coast). These settlements represented major urban, commercial, and cultural hubs fostering strategic maritime and academic routes essential for the Mediterranean basin.
• Apollonios — The name of several scholars, scientists, and writers from Ancient Greece and the Hellenistic period, the most famous being Apollonius of Perga (3rd century BC), a geometric genius who revolutionized the study of conic sections, Apollonius of Rhodes, an epic poet author of the 'Argonautica', and Apollonius of Tyana, a Neopythagorean philosopher. These figures represent structural pillars of scientific and literary evolution in the classical Mediterranean basin.
• Apollonius — A linguistic variant adapted into the Romanian language for the historical Greek name Apollonios or the Latin Apollonius, used to denote the great scholars of the Hellenistic era; most frequently refers to Apollonius of Perga, the mathematician who laid the foundations for the study of conics, or the Stoic philosopher Apollonius of Chalcedon. This scholarly onomastic form is predominantly used in academic works on the history of science and philology.
• Apollo variant — A simplified graphical form, transliteration variant, or minor toponym sometimes used in popular or ethnographic contexts to refer to elements of the cult of the god Apollo; a colloquial or derived meaning used to describe an aesthetic ideal or a simplified symbolic structure. In certain archaic or local dialectal registers, the term represents a restricted phonetic assimilation of the classical deity's name.