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Boedromius (Βοηδρόμιος), was a surname of Apollo in Athens, with varying explanations for its origin. Some claim that the reason the god was given this name was because he had helped the Athenians overcome the Amazons in their battle, which took place on the seventh of Boedromion , the day the Boedromia were later commemorated.
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 ]
The Birth of Apollo and Diana, Marcantonio Franceschini, oil on canvas, ca 1692-1709, Liechtenstein Museum. Leto found the barren floating island of Delos, still bearing its archaic name of Asterios, which was neither mainland nor a real island and gave birth there, promising the island wealth from the worshippers who would flock to the obscure ...
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 .
Polina is a feminine given name with roots in the Greek and Latin languages. It is most widely used in Eastern Slavic cultures such as Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. [1] It is sometimes a short form of the name Apollinariya, a feminine form of the ancient Greek name Apollinaris, a name derived from the Greek god Apollo.
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 ).
"Hyperion" means "he that walks on high" or simply "the god above", often joined with "Helios". [5] There is a possible attestation of his name in Linear B (Mycenaean Greek) in the lacunose form ]pe-rjo-[(Linear B: ] 𐀟𐁊-[), found on the KN E 842 tablet (reconstructed [u]-pe-rjo-[ne]) [6] [7] though it has been suggested that the name actually reads "Apollo" ([a]-pe-rjo-[ne]).
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 .