god
Apollo
also: Аполлон
Greek and Roman god of poetry, music, and prophecy, traditionally invoked as patron of writers and inspiration.
Reading notes
- To N. A. Leikin, 9 June 1887. Babkino. §6 the procession is lit by Phoebus
Phoebus is the epithet of Apollo as sun-god; a mock-elevated flourish for the comic caption, casting an ordinary household move in false epic light.
- To N. A. Leikin, 11 August 1887. Babkino. §11 Phoebus
A running joke nickname (after the sun-god Apollo, "Phoebus") for a philandering member of the "Oskolki" circle whose amorous exploits had evidently become a standing source of amusement between Chekhov and Leikin.
- Another Case §1 priest of Apollo
Apollo, Greek and Roman god of poetry, music, and prophecy, traditionally invoked as patron of writers and inspiration. The narrator's grandiose self-comparison to Apollo's priesthood is the story's opening joke against literary vanity.
- Modern Prayers §1 Apollo
Greek and Roman god of poetry, music, and prophecy, traditionally invoked as patron of the arts -- the first and most abruptly dismissed of the eleven supplicants' gods.
- Artists' Wives §38 Apollo
Greek and Roman god of poetry and the arts; the battered plaster cast of him in Butronza's studio -- armless, noseless -- comically deflates the shrine-like pretensions of the artist's workspace.