Apollo Holding a Kithara at The British Museum, London
Apollo Holding a Kithara at The British Museum, London
Published 2015-02-05T14:38:19+00:00
This marble statue is a Roman copy of the 2nd Century AD of a Hellenistic original of about 200-150BC. It was discovered in the temple of Apollo in Cyrene.
In this elaborately carved figure, the iconographical features of both Apollo and Dionysos, the wine-god, have been fused; the slipping himation and the sensual treatment of the flesh are typical of Dionysos, while the kithara and quiver characterise Apollo.
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Date published | 05/02/2015 |
Title | Apollo Holding a Kithara |
Date | 2ndC |
Dimension | Height: 2.28 metres |
Accession | 1861,0725.1 |
Period | Roman |
Medium | marble |
Record | http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=460420&partId=1&searchText=Apollo+Kithara&page=1 |
Place | British Museum |
5.1 cm Ἀπόλλωνος ἈΠΌΛΛΩΝΟΣ ἀπόλλωνος