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A temple of Pythian Apollo, was built in the 7th century BC. The plan measured 19.00 x 16.70 m and it was not peripteral. The walls were solid, made from limestone, and there was a single door on the east side. [citation needed] Thermon (West Greece): The Doric temple of Apollo Thermios, was built in the
Thus, Europa is first used in a geographic context in the Homeric Hymn to Delian Apollo, in reference to the western shore of the Aegean Sea. [17] As a name for a part of the known world, it is first used in the 6th century BC by Anaximander and Hecataeus . [ 18 ]
Mosaic of Christ as Sol or Apollo-Helios in Mausoleum M in the pre-4th-century necropolis beneath [118] St. Peter's in the Vatican, which some interpret as representing Christ. According to one hypothesis about Christmas, the date was set to 25 December because it was the date of the festival of Sol Invictus .
Helios is sometimes identified with Apollo: "Different names may refer to the same being," Walter Burkert argues, "or else they may be consciously equated, as in the case of Apollo and Helios." [ 379 ] Apollo was associated with the Sun as early as the fifth century BC, though widespread conflation between him and the Sun god was a later ...
Apollo, a character in the musical TV series Pajanimals; Apollo, a character in The Amory Wars comic book series; Apollo, a character in the Zatch Bell! anime/manga series; Apollo Candy, a fictional candy bar in the Lost television series; Apollo Creed, a boxer played by Carl Weathers in the Rocky film series
Apollos is not to be confused with St. Apollo of Egypt, a monk who died in 395 and whose feast day is January 25. [21] Apollos does not have a feast day of his own in the traditional Roman Martyrology, nor is he reputed to have ever been a monk (as most monks come after St. Anthony the Great ).
The Temple of the Delians, dedicated to Apollo, is a classic example of the Doric order. Beside the temple, once stood a colossal kouros of Apollo, only parts of which remain. Dating to the sixth century BC, parts of the upper torso and pelvis remain in situ , a hand is kept at the local museum, and a foot is in the British Museum .
Apollo 16 landed in the Descartes Highlands on April 20, 1972. The crew was commanded by John Young, with Ken Mattingly and Charles Duke. Young and Duke spent just under three days on the surface, with a total of over 20 hours EVA. [121] Apollo 17 was the last of the Apollo program, landing in the Taurus–Littrow region in