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The lyre was a stringed musical instrument played by the ancient Greeks. It was probably the most important and well-known instrument in the Greek world. The lyre was closely related to the other stringed instruments: the chelys which was...

Delos is a Greek island in the Cyclades archipelago which was both an influential political force and, with its sanctuary to the god Apollo, an important religious centre in the Archaic and Classical periods. The island was also a major commercial...

The remains of the archaic temple of Apollo, Corinth (550-530 BCE). Originally, there were 6x15 Doric monolithic columns.

Marble statue (severe style) of Apollo (c. 460 BCE) from the west pediment of the temple of Zeus, Olympia (Olympia Archaeological Museum).

A kylix depicting the god Apollo pouring a libation and holding an early version of the lyre (chelys) which was made from the shell of a tortoise. The bird may represent the crow which announced the marriage of the nymph Aigle-Korone, the...

Apollo, detail from a 2nd century CE funerary relief slab. (Archaeological Museum of Piraeus)

Large scale terracotta sculpture depicting the Apollo of Veii (the Etruscan Aplu). From the roof of the Portonaccio Temple at Veii (Italy), around 510 BCE. (National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, Rome)

Detail of Apollo from NAM, Athens, 215. He is seated on a tree stump, wearing chlamys and chiton, and sandals. In his left hand he rests his seven string lyre (the stings would have been painted; the number of tuning pegs gives their frequency...

Apollo and Diana attacking the Children of Niobe, oil on canvas by Jacques-Louis David, 1772. Dallas Museum of Art.

The Temple of Apollo at Didyma in modern-day Turkey. The temple was the fourth largest temple in the ancient Greek world. The temple’s oracle, second in importance only to that at Delphi, played a significant role in the religious and political...