Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Apollo \A*pol"lo\, n. [L. Apollo, -linis, Gr. ?.] (Classic
   Myth.)
   A deity among the Greeks and Romans. He was the god of light
   and day (the ``sun god''), of archery, prophecy, medicine,
   poetry, and music, etc., and was represented as the model of
   manly grace and beauty; -- called also {Ph['e]bus}.

   {The Apollo Belvedere}, a celebrated statue of Apollo in the
      Belvedere gallery of the Vatican palace at Rome, esteemed
      of the noblest representations of the human frame.

Source : WordNet®

Apollo
     n : Greek god of light; god of prophesy and poetry and music and
         healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis
         [syn: {Phoebus}, {Phoebus Apollo}]