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Apollo with Lyre
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...
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Apollo Marble Relief
Apollo, detail from a 2nd century CE funerary relief slab. (Archaeological Museum of Piraeus)
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Belvedere Apollo
The Belvedere Apollo statue considered to be a 2nd century CE copy of a bronze statue of the 4th century BCE by Leochares. The god would have once held a bow in his left hand. (The Vatican Museums, Rome).
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Apollo, detail from NAM, Athens, 215.
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...
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Sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi
Delphi was the site of the Delphic oracle, the most important oracle in the classical Greek world, when it was a major site for the worship of the god Apollo after he slew the Python, a deity who lived there and protected the navel of the...
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Apollo and Diana Attacking the Children of Niobe
Apollo and Diana attacking the Children of Niobe, oil on canvas by Jacques-Louis David, 1772.
Dallas Museum of Art.
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Apollo, Macedonian Gold Stater
Macedonian gold stater, 359-336 BCE.
Obverse: Apollo
Reverse: Charioteer
Alpha Bank Numismatics Collection, Kerkyra, Corfu.
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Apollo Playing the Kithara
A fresco of Apollo playing the kithara, from a building in the Forum of Rome. Augustan period. (Museum of the Forum Romanum, Rome)
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Apollo Statue, Palazzo Massimo
A marble statue of Apollo showing his familiar attributes of a quiver slung over his shoulder, the snake, and the laurel. From an imperial villa in Rome. 2nd century CE classicizing copy of a 4th century BCE Greek original. (Palazzo Massimo...
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Apollo Citharoedus
Apollo Citharoedus; 1st century CE; Head, hands, left leg and the instrument were restored in 17th century CE; Palazzo Altemps in Rome, Italy.