Synonyms:
Apollo, Phoebus, Phoebus_Apollo
Meaning: (Greek mythology) Greek god of light; god of prophecy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis
Usage examples
Like bright Apollo
As little can I believe the narrative of his insolence to Apollo, where he says,
As he was speaking a bird flew by upon his right hand--a hawk, Apollo's messenger.
Nothing can be clearer on this point than the following verses of Homer, taken from a hymn to Apollo:
And quickly they called upon Apollo, lord of prophecy, and offered sacrifice upon the health as the day was just sinking.
"Good gracious!" I said to my friend, with whom I was walking, "why, that fellow looks like a statue of Apollo come to life.
Apollo, pitying his deserted child, sent Hermes to convey him to Delphi, where he deposited his charge on the steps of the temple.
And finally comes Apollo." She reached over and murmured to Mrs. Phillips: "None too skillful on the lyre, and none too strong in the lungs...."
A lingering memory of grammar school days flashed on him when he told his wife later of the conversation, and he likened Paul to a wrathful Apollo.
And besides the drink offerings they built an altar to Apollo, saviour of ships, and burnt thigh bones; and Orpheus dedicated his lyre; whence the place has the name of Lyra.