Statue of Apollo Lykeios

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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published on 29 October 2019
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The head and body of two different Roman copies were combined in the 18th century CE. The god appears in the so-called "Lykeios type", with the right forearm resting across his head. The model was either an original, created around 340 BCE in the circle around Praxiteles or a Hellenistic remodeling from the time around 150 BCE. Marble. Roman copy, around 140 CE. Acquired in Rome, Italy, in 1766 CE. It is on display at the Altes Museum in Berlin, Germany.

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2019, October 29). Statue of Apollo Lykeios. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11398/statue-of-apollo-lykeios/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Statue of Apollo Lykeios." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 29 Oct 2019. Web. 19 Apr 2024.

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