Detail_of_the_statue_of_Apollo_holding_the_kithara,_from_the_Temple_of_Venus_(Casino_Fede)_at_Hadrian's_Villa,_Ny_Carlsberg_Glyptoteket_(12233881783).jpg


Summary

Description The god is depicted with his attributes, the lyre and the sacred snake Python. The tree trunk around which the snake is wrapped is inscribed with the words "Apollonios made it". Circa 150 AD (during the reign of Antoninus Pius), restored c. 1790. Item number IN 1632.
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Source Detail of the statue of Apollo holding the kithara, from the Temple of Venus (Casino Fede) at Hadrian's Villa, Ny Carlsberg Glyptoteket
Author Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany

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Detail of Apollo's lyre

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26 October 2013