Apollon wearing a wreath of laurel and strumming a lyre. Museum - TopicsExpress



          

Apollon wearing a wreath of laurel and strumming a lyre. Museum Collection: Museo Pio-Clementino, Musei Vaticani, Vatican City. Title: Apollo Musagetes Material: Marble. APOLLON (or Apollo) was the great Olympian god of prophecy and oracles, healing, plague and disease, music, song and poetry, archery, and the protection of the young. He was depicted as a handsome, beardless youth with long hair and various attributes including:--a wreath and branch of laurel; bow and quiver; raven; and lyre.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 19:38:15 +0000

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