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Apollo's face turned pale as he held his dying lover in his arms. [17] He used all sorts of herbs and even tried giving ambrosia to heal Hyacinthus' wound, but it was futile, for he could not cure the wound inflicted by the Fates. [20] Apollo wept for Hyacinthus's death and expressed his wish to become a mortal to join the Spartan boy in his ...
A non-Greek origin of Apollo has long been assumed in scholarship. [12] The name of Apollo's mother Leto has Lydian origin, and she was worshipped on the coasts of Asia Minor. The inspiration oracular cult was probably introduced into Greece from Anatolia, which is the origin of Sibyl, and where some of the oldest oracular shrines originated.
For example, names embedding Apollo, such as Apollonios or Apollodorus, existed in Greek antiquity. [3] Theophoric personal names, containing the name of a god in whose care the individual is entrusted (or a generic word for god), were also exceedingly common in the ancient Near East and Mesopotamia.
Steve Granitz/Getty Images. Parents: Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard The Frozen and Parenthood stars had planned to name their first child Lincoln when they felt a distinct “boy vibe” during Bell ...
Westerns, fantasies, outer space and even fast fashion are influencing the baby boy names of 2025, ... the name Nyx (meaning “night”), sits 41 percent higher than it did last year and will ...
Apollo Anextiomarus; Apollo Anicetus Sol; Apollo Grannus; Apollo Maponus (shows a Latinising influence, -os becoming -us). It can thus be difficult to tell from a simple dedication to Apollo whether the classical deity is meant or whether a particular Celtic deity is being referred to under a classical name.
Lycian lada may also be the origin of the Greek name Λήδα Leda. Other scholars (Kretschmer, Bethe, Chantraine, and Beekes) have suggested a pre-Greek origin. [7] In Mycenaean Greek her name has been attested through the form Latios, meaning "son of Leto" or "related to Leto" (Linear B: 𐀨𐀴𐀍, ra-ti-jo), [7] [8] and Lato (Linear B ...
[7] [a] Clearchus of Soli wrote that while Python was pursuing them, Leto stepped on a stone and, holding Apollo in her hands, cried ἵε παῖ (híe paî, meaning "shoot, child") to him, who was holding a bow and arrows. [10] Relief of Leto and her children running away from Python, 4th-3rd century BC, Michael C. Carlos Museum.