The 7.3 feet tall sculpture represents the eponymous Greek god of light, poetry ... who according to myth Apollo defeated with help from Artemis, or Python, the serpent guarding the Oracle ...
The Apollo program followed, named for the Greek god of music, prophecy, medicine, light, and progress. Apollo spacecraft were designed for travel to the moon. Improving on Gemini's component ...
Stefano Costantino / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images The Vatican’s famous Apollo Belvedere—a marble statue of the Greek god of archery, music and dance—is finally back on public ...