英语词汇apollo的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Apollo; Apollo 11. Today an Apollo almost always means a very handsome man, but among the ancient Greeks and Ro- mans he was a much-worshipped god, son of Zeus and Leto, widely associated with music, poetry, and other arts. He was even worshiped as sminthos, the “Mousekiller” for his protec- tion of farmers against mice. Apollo for a handsome man comes specifically from the Apollo Belvedere, an ancient sculp- ture of a handsome youth unearthed in Italy in 1485 that is now in the Vatican Museum. The American space program Apollo 11 landed the first men on the moon in 1969.

词汇	apollo
词源	Apollo; Apollo 11. Today an Apollo almost always means a very handsome man, but among the ancient Greeks and Ro- mans he was a much-worshipped god, son of Zeus and Leto, widely associated with music, poetry, and other arts. He was even worshiped as sminthos, the “Mousekiller” for his protec- tion of farmers against mice. Apollo for a handsome man comes specifically from the Apollo Belvedere, an ancient sculp- ture of a handsome youth unearthed in Italy in 1485 that is now in the Vatican Museum. The American space program Apollo 11 landed the first men on the moon in 1969.
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