#apolon

• 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.
• 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.
• Apollo — A phonetic form and onomastic variant assimilated into the Romanian language (corresponding to the original Greek Apollon) for the god Apollo of classical mythology; the deity of solar light, poetry, music, prophecy, and healing. In traditional literary texts and folklore, the name evokes the supreme ideal of harmonious male beauty and rational self-control.