I. Name
Apollo is a Greek god whose name occurs as a theophoric element in the names Ἀπόλλως (Acts 18.24, var. lect.: Ἀπελλῆς, Ἀπολλώνιος [of which Apollos is a diminutive]; Acts 19.1, var. lect.: Ἀπελλῆς, 1 Cor. 1.12; 1 Cor. 3.4, 1 Cor. 5, 1 Cor. 6, 1 Cor. 22; 1 Cor. 4.6; 1 Cor. 16.12 and Titus 3.13), Ἀπελλῆς (Rom. 16.10), Ἀπολλωνία (Acts 17.1, var. lect. Ἀπολλωνίς), and Ἀπολλύων (Rev. 9.11).
II. Identity
Apollo is the most typical divine representative of classical Greek culture, the Greek god par e…