attested from ancient authors. Thus, the Greeks most often associated Apollo's name with the Greek verb ἀπόλλυμι ( apollymi ), "to destroy". [4] Plato in Cratylus connects the name with ἀπόλυσις ( apolysis ), "redeem", with ἀπόλουσις ( apolousis ), "purification", and with ἁπλοῦν( aploun ), "simple", [5] in particular in