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16 matches to Apollo
Apollo. Greek/Roman perfection of male beauty, god of prophecy, song and music.
Apollo Program. 1961-72. US moon mission. Apollo 11 landing 1969.
Apollodorus. 5C BC. Athenian painter. Shading. No surviving work.
Apollonius of Perga. c262-190BC. Greek mathematician: named conic sections: ellipse, hyperbola, parabola.
Apollonius Rhodius. 3C BC. Poet, librarian at Alexandria. Argonautica.
Asclepius. Greek god of healing. Killed by Zeus to prevent immortality of man. Son of Apollo.
Bernini, Lorenzo. 1598-1680. Italian Baroque painter, sculptor, architect. Louis XIV bust. Apollo and Daphne 1616. St. Theresa 1646.
Bouchard, Henri. 1875-1960. Sculptor. Apollo, St-Pierre de Chaillot.
Braun, Werner von. 1912-77. German/US rocket engineer. V-2. Apollo. Explorer.
Daphne. Nymph rejected Apollo-turned to Laurel tree.
Delphi. 7C BC-363 AD. Oracle of Apollo. Site of Pythian games.
Helicon. Greek mountain dedicated to the Muses and Apollo.
Helios. Greek sun god before Apollo.
Kennedy, John. 1917-63. US President 1961-. -“New Frontier”. Peace Corps. Apollo Program. Cuban Missile Crisis. Assassinated by Oswald. Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty.
Leto. Mother of Apollo and Artemis.
Marsyas. Mythical Phrygian artist. Challenged Apollo to musical contest.