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Apollo, also Phoibos, the beautiful young Greek god of light, also equated with the sun god Helios, son of Zeus and the Leto, twin brother of Artemis, born in Delos.
As God of prophecy, he bestowed the same gift upon men, e. g. Cassandra. He killed the dragon Phyton near Delphi and established his sanctuary there. His priestess, the Pythia, who was inspired by him, gave prophecies (oracle). As the most important god of oracle, Apollon possessed many oracle sites in Greece and Asia Minor. Apollon was the god of order and clarity, of spiritual life and the arts, especially of music and singing, often portrayed with the lyre he received from Hermes.
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Apollon Musagetes (= Musenführer) was lord of the nine muses. He punished Satyr Marsyas, who measured himself against him in the flute playing in musical competition. After his victory, he skinned Marsyas with a living body. His streams of blood became the river of the same name. The degradation of the marsya was especially depicted in painting (Tintoretto, Rubens, Tiepolo).
Apollo was considered to be the god of healing. His son of Koronis is the god of salvation Asklepios. Even today, prospective doctors swear the oath of Hippocrates on Apollon, Asklepios, Panakeia and Hygieia.
Apollo statue, so-called Kuros (Greek "young man"), archaeological name of the freiplasticly worked early image of man, which rose to monumental size in the 7th/6th century, based on oriental types. Original bronze statue height 1.95 m, found 1959 in the port city of Piraeus, dated 575 B. C., exhibit of the museum in Piraeus.
Replica as bust impression, reduction, material Keramin (high-strength special gypsum) in bronze finish.
This product was added to our catalog on Monday, February 3, 2014.