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  Apollo - Phantis
Apollo (Greek: Απόλλων, Apóllōn) is a god in Greek and Roman mythology, the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin of Artemis (goddess of the hunt).
In his youth, Apollo killed the vicious dragon Python, which lived in Delphi beside the Castalian Spring, according to some because Python had attempted to rape Leto while she was pregnant with Apollo and Artemis.This was the spring which emitted vapors that caused the Oracle at Delphi to give her prophesies.
Apollo, the eternal beardless youth himself, had the most male lovers of all the Greek gods, as could be expected from a god who was god of the palaestra, the athletic gathering place for youth, who all competed in the nude.
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  Apollo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Apollo is considered to have dominion over the plague, light, healing, colonists, medicine, archery, poetry, prophecy, dance, reason, intellectualism and as the patron defender of herds and flocks.
In his youth, Apollo killed the vicious dragon Python, which lived in Delphi beside the Castalian Spring, according to some because Python had attempted to RAPE Leto while she was pregnant with Apollo and Artemis.This was the spring which emitted vapors that caused the Oracle at Delphi to give her prophesies.
Apollo, the eternal beardless youth himself, had the most male lovers of all the Greek gods, as could be expected from a god who was god of the palaestra, the athletic gathering place for youth, who all competed in the nude.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Apollo   (2601 words)

  
 Apollo
Apollo was known as the leader of the Muses ("musagetes") and director of their choir.
As a young man, Apollo killed the vicious dragon Python, which lived in Delphi beside the Castalian Spring, according to some because Python had attempted to rape Leto while she was pregnant with Apollo and Artemis.
Apollo, the eternal beardless youth himself, had the most male lovers of all the Greek gods, as could be expected from a god who was god of the palestra, the athletic gathering place for youth, who all competed in the nude.
encyclopedia.codeboy.net /wikipedia/a/ap/apollo.html   (2258 words)

  
 Apollo
Apollo's role as the slayer of the Python led to his association with battle and victory; hence it became the Roman custom for a paean to be sung by an army on the march and before entering into battle, when a fleet left the harbour, and also after a victory had been won.
Apollo killed the Python of Delphi and took over that oracle, so he is vanquisher of unconscious terrors.[citation needed] He is golden-haired like the sun; he is an archer who shoots arrows of insight[citation needed] and/or death; he is a god of music and the lyre.
The Apollo Belvedere is a marble sculpture that was rediscovered in the late 15th century; for centuries it epitomized the ideals of Classical Antiquity for Europeans, from the Renaissance through the nineteenth century.
www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Mythology/Apollo.html   (5129 words)

  
 Apollo Lyceios Article, ApolloLyceios Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Apollo is a god in Greek and Roman mythology, the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin of Artemis (goddess of thehunt).
Apollo was considered to have dominion over the plague, light, healing, colonists, medicine, archery, poetry, prophecy, dance, reason, intellectualism and as the patron defender of herds andflocks.
Apollo, the eternal beardless youth himself, had the most male lovers of all the Greek gods, as could be expected from a godwho was god of the palestra, the athletic gathering place for youth, who allcompeted in the nude.
www.anoca.org /he/her/apollo_lyceios.html   (2201 words)

  
 Apollo
Apollo is a god in Greek and Roman mythology, the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin of Artemis (goddess of the hunt).
In art, Apollo was usually depicted as a handsome young man, often with a lyre or bow in hand.
Apollo appeared in an episode of Star Trek, in which he ruled over his own planet and tried to seduce an Enterprise crew member.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/a/ap/apollo.html   (2273 words)

  
 GTP
It follows the type of Apollo Lyceios, which is attributed to the great sculptor Praxiteles.
It was found in the Sanctuary of Apollo and dates from the second half of the 7th century B.C. Inv.
It was found in the Sanctuary of Apollo and is one of the oldest surviving specimens of large-scale sculpture.
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 Apollo - Iridis Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Apollo is considered to have dominion over the plague, light, healing, Colonycolonists, medicine, archery, poetry, prophecy, dance, reason, intellectualism and as the patron defender of herds and flocks.
Apollo popularly (e.g., in literary criticism) represents Harmony,order,and reason - characteristics contrasted by those of Dionysus, god of wine, who popularly represents emotion and chaos.
Zeus had turned all the people of Thebes to stone and so no one buried the Niobids until the ninth day after their death, when the gods themselves entombed them.Apollo is also to have been said to have aided Paris in the killing of Achilles.
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 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
'''Apollo''' (Greek language Greek: Απόλλων, '''Apóllōn''') is a god in Greek mythology Greek and Roman mythology Roman mythology, the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin of Artemis (goddess of the hunt).
Apollo is considered to have dominion over the plague, light, healing, Colony colonists, medicine, archery, poetry, prophecy, dance, reason, intellectualism and as the patron defender of herds and flocks.
Apollo, the eternal beardless youth himself, had the most male lovers of all the Greek gods, as could be expected from a god who was god of the palaestra, the athletic gathering place for youth, who all competed Nudity in sport in the nude.
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 Talk:Apollo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The god doesn't have a natural disambuguator so I say the article on the god should be at Apollo and at the top of that article there should be a disambiguation block.
The oldest known example of a Corinthian column is in the Temple of Apollo Epicurius at [[Bassae]] in Arcadia, ''ca'' [[450 BCE450]]and...
The excavation of the Temple of Apollo has revealed that a huge temple was constructed for Apollo...
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Apollo   (1518 words)

  
 Apollo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
image In art, Apollo is usually depicted as a handsome young man, often with a lyre or bow in hand.
She fled from him and dove into the spring at Delphi, at the base of Mt. Parnassos, which was then named after her.
Apollo killed the Aloadae when they attempted to storm Mt. Olympus.
www.yotor.com /wiki/en/ap/Apollo.htm   (2292 words)

  
 Mosaïques romaines Muses Apollo, Zeus, Orpheus, Hermes, Diana, omnipresent Dionysius will be very well accepted by the visitor to one of these splendid palaces as a cute homage paid to these important gods who ruled men‘s destiny.
Apollo is -I quote the title of one of Georges Dumézil‘s books-, ‚Apollon sonore‘(12), the sonorous god, but one has to watch out so that the meaning might not be just noise.
So if Apollo is ‘leading’ the pageant of the muses (as we are told by Pausanias 5,18,4 and 3,19,5) and —among others- the imagery of the ‘Vase François’ (but again in recent pieces), the question rises whether this is an original, archaic situation or not.
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 Aristotle - Wikipedia
About the year 335 Alexander departed for his Asiatic campaign; thereupon Aristotle, who, since his pupil's accession to the throne of Macedonia had occupied the position of a more or less informal adviser, returned to Athens and there opened a school of philosophy.
He may, as Gellius says, have conducted a school of rhetoric during his former residence in the city; but now, following the example of Plato, he gave regular instruction in philosophy choosing for that purpose a gymnasium dedicated to Apollo Lyceios, from which his school has come to be known as the Lyceum.
It was also called the Peripatetic School because it was the master's custom to discuss problems of philosophy with his pupils while walking up and down (peripateo) the shaded walks (peripatoi) around the gymnasium.
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 VideoNET: Ancient Greece - Delos
The Minoan Fountain, referred to in the inscriptions and identified by a relief bearing a dedication to "Minoan Nymphs", is a public well hewn in the rock.
The marble lions dedicated to Apollo by the Naxians at the end of 7th century B.C. stand in a row facing eastwards, towards the Sacred Lake.
It was found in the Sanctuary of Apollo and dates from the second half of the 7th century B.C. Archaic statue of a young woman (kore).
www.videonet.gr /delos.htm   (915 words)

  
 Aristophanes
About the year 335 Alexander departed for his Asiatic campaign; thereupon Aristotle, who, since his pupil's accession to the throne of Macedonia had occupied the position of a more or less informal adviser, returned to Athens and there opened a school of philosophy.
He may, as Aulus Gellius says, have conducted a school of rhetoric during his former residence in the city; but now, following the example of Plato, he gave regular instruction in philosophy choosing for that purpose a gymnasium dedicated to Apollo Lyceios, from which his school has come to be known as the Lyceum.
It was also called the Peripatetic School because it was the master's custom to discuss problems of philosophy with his pupils while walking up and down (peripateo) the shaded walks (peripatoi) around the gymnasium.
www.reportfun.com /aristotle.htm   (1517 words)

  
 Archaeological Museum of Delos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The plaque was found under the Artemision, along with other ivory, gold and bronze objects and was probably used for the decoration of wooden furniture.
The dedicatory boustrophedon insription is engraved on one side: "Euthycartides the Naxian made me and dedicated me".
It was found in the Sanctuary of Apollo and dates from the second half of the 7th century B.C. Inv.
www.culture.gr /2/21/211/21121m/e211um08.html   (579 words)

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