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Aug 29 2010
Portrait of the God from Olympia, 456 BCE
Caperton / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Statuary - 1 year ago - troycapc
Sminthian Apollo, the eternal son, Lord of Delphi and God of Manly Beauty and the Arts. Apollo was the voice of the gods and a favored son of the All-Father Zeus. This portrait is taken from the statue of Lord Apollo which was in the pediment of the temple of Zeus at Olympia in Greece that was built between 472 and 456 BCE.
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