Archive for posts tagged with ‘472 BCE’


Aug 29 2010

Portrait of the God from Olympia, 456 BCE

Caperton / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Statuary - 1 year ago - troycapc

Portrait of the God  from Olympia, 456 BCE

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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