All 11 Uses of
Apollo
in
Circe
- My uncle Boreas and Olympian Apollo had fallen in love with the same mortal youth.
p. 25.8Apollo = Greek god of music, prophecy, and healing amongst other things
- Boreas and Apollo quarreled over the youth they loved and he died.
p. 26.2
- You think I'd let Apollo have him?
p. 26.3
- And there they were: Apollo, lord of the lyre and the gleaming bow. ...
p. 32.6
- The river-gods are enraged that she favors me, and I hear even Apollo is jealous.
p. 54.2
- All who were wise feared the god Apollo's wrath, silent as sunlight, deadly as plague.
p. 91.7
- I had grown up hearing the stories of Hermes' daring: how as an infant he had risen from his cradle and made off with Apollo's cattle, how he had slain the monstrous guardian Argos after coaxing each of his thousand eyes to sleep, how he could pry secrets out of a stone and charm even rival gods to do his will.
p. 91.9
- "Circe," Apollo said, and it was the greatest chime of all.
p. 229.1
- Apollo watched, his face pleasant.
p. 229.5
- "You should be honored," he said. You have borne a vision of Apollo.
p. 230.2 *
- I had stood in the presence of great gods before: my father and grandfather, Hermes, Apollo.
p. 247.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(Apollo in mythology) Greek and Roman mythology: god of sunlight, music, poetry, prophecy, and healing
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(2)
(Apollo US space program) US space program to place a person on the moonThree 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)