Both Uses of

Apollo
in
Cyrano de Bergerac

FIFTH POET: Apollo among master-cooks— RAGUENEAU (whom they surround and embrace): Ah!†
Act 2

Apollo = the United States space program to place a person on the moon

What cakes there were that Apollo chanced to leave were quickly snapped up by Mars.†
Act 3 *

Definitions:

(1) (Apollo in mythology)
Greek and Roman mythology: god of sunlight, music, poetry, prophecy, and healing
(2) (Apollo US space program)
US space program to place a person on the moon
Three missions are especially remembered:
- Apollo 1 -- 3 men killed by fire (1967)
- Apollo 11 -- first manned mission to land on the Moon (1969)
- Apollo 13 -- called a "successful failure" because it safely returned to earth after being crippled by an explosion (1970)