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Apollonia (ăpəlō`nēə) [Gr.,=of Apollo], name of several ancient Greek towns. The most important was a port in Illyria on the Adriatic. It was founded by Corinthians and was later a Greek and a Roman intellectual center. Julius Caesar used it as a base. Octavian (later Augustus Augustus (ôgŭs`təs, əgŭs`–), 63 B.C.–A.D. ..... Click the link for more information. ) received news of Julius Caesar's death while stationed at Apollonia. Among the other towns of this name, there was one in Thrace on the Aegean (a town famous for a large statue of Apollo), one in N Sicily, and another in Chalcidice (Khalkidhikí). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Fortunately, the tradition continues today as the bakery is headed up by Lionel's 21-year-old daughter, Appolonia, who oversees operations from her apartment near Harvard, where she is an economics major. See Roper, 1994, especially the story of Appolonia Mayr in the introduction and ch. |
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