Stone lions on Delos, Apollo's birthplace

 

 

View of Delphi

 

View of the ruins of Apollo's temple, and of the theater, at Delphi

 

The Apollo Belvedere (in the Vatican collection). Click to see a larger version

 

Apollo Sauroktonos (=Lizard killer). A humorous reference to his slaying of the she-dragon at Delphi. Click for a larger image.

 

Marsyas, starting back at Apollos' prowess

 

Hanging Marsyas. Roman copy of a greek original, end 3rd century BCE.

 

Apollo from the pediments of the temple of Zeus at Olympia. Apollo is intervening in the battle of the Lapiths and the Centaurs, onew of the paradigmatic Greek representations of civilization overcoming barbarity.

 

Bronze Apollo, found in Italy, 1st C BCE (?). Louvre collections. Click to see a larger image.

 

Artemis as a hunter. Original was 4th century BCE. Click for a larger image.

 

 

A Niobid (daughter of Niobe)

 

Niobe and her last daughter