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<span class="bold large">Apol.lo</span> <span class="medium">ˈpälō|</span><br/>
<p class="paragraph"><span class="bold">1</span> <span class="sans">Greek Mythology</span> a god, son of <a href="#zeus">Zeus</a> and <a href="#leto">Leto</a> and brother of <a href="#artemis">Artemis</a>. He is associated with music, poetic inspiration, archery, prophecy, medicine, pastoral life, and in later poetry with the sun; the sanctuary at Delphi was dedicated to him.</p><br/>
<p class="paragraph"><span class="bold">2</span> the American space program for landing astronauts on the moon. <span class="italic">Apollo 8</span> was the first mission to orbit the moon (1968), <span class="italic">Apollo 11</span> was the first to land astronauts (July 20, 1969), and five further landings took place up to 1972.</p><br/>