For the Greeks, it broke down like this:
Aether was the original god associated with "light" (as opposed to darkness embodied by Erebos). Day was embodied by Hemera (who was the opposite of Nyx).
Later, Hyperion was the Titan associated with Light, and he was the father of Helios (Sun) and Selene (Moon).
They were in turn supplanted by Apollo (Sun) and Artemis (Moon), with the separate concept of "light" disappearing altogether.
The titan Hyperion was the "god" of light.
Apollo is Apperenly the god of light/the sun.
Apollo is the Greek god of the sun. He is also the Greek god of light. Light is very similar to sun because with sun you can see and light u can see.
Phoebus seems to be the cloesest answer. He was linked to the Greek god Apollo, god of light.
It symbolizes that the Apollo program, being named for the Greek god of light, is shedding light in the dark of space.
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Yes, same as the god Helios (Sun).
Apollo is both the Roman and Greek god of the sun.
In Greek mythology, Apollo.
There is no Greek god of gas. The closest god would be Αἰθήρ (Aether), the god of the upper air and light
No! Apollo, for a start is Greek! Secondly, He is the Greek God of light!