Apollo Collection (page 6)

Apollo of Veio. 6th c. BC. Etruscan art. Terra-cotta. ITALY. Rome. National Etruscan Museum of Villa Julia. Proc: ITALY. Formello. Veii. Temple of Portonaccio

Alcamenes (5th C

Apollo, Armstrong County Pennsylvania. 1896

French balloonist Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles receiving a wreath from Apollo, while cherubs and an angel surround his balloon. Date 1788

The baths of Apollo, Versailles, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Lyric and Apollo theatres on Shaftesbury Avenue, London. The Lyric has Robert Morley and Peggy Ashcroft in Edward My Son, and the Apollo has Emlyn Williams and Mary Hinton in Trespass. Date: 1947

Parnassos Oros
Mount Parnassus, near Delphi, is where Apollo and the Muses hang out : the other peak is sacred to Bacchus, hence the association of poets with wine and ale. Date: 1850

Statue of Apollo - The Vatican, Italy Date: circa 1904

Fitting a Corset
A young French lady is fitted with a fashionable corset Date: circa 1830

Edward & Masons Arch
When Edward and Alexandra visit Oxford, the Apollo University Lodge of Freemasons honours them with an Arch of Honour Date: June 1863

Mlle Suzy Beryl from the Apollo, Paris, 1923 Date: 1923

Puschkinia Scilloides (Hyacinth), a perennial flowering plant of the Hyacinthaceae family, with three varieties. It is named after the Russian botanist, Apollo Mussin-Pushkin

Indian cavalry rehearsing for royal visit, Bombay
Indian cavalry rehearsing at the Apollo Bandar in Bombay, in preparation for the visit of King George V and Queen Mary for the Coronation Durbar

Serpentine Column and Theodosius Obelisk
The three intertwined bronze serpents were the base of a trophy which once stood in the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. Dedicated to the God Apollo by the 31 Greek cities who defeated the Persians at

Apollo and the Sibyl
Apollo promises his lover Sibyl she may live as many years as she can hold grains of sand; she becomes very aged, no more than a voice - the oracular Sibyl of Cuma

Greece Parnassos
Mount Parnassos (or Parnassus) near Delphi is associated with Apollo and the Muses, and consequently perceived as the source of poetry and music

Coronis (Ma Aesculapius)
Coronis, mother of Aesculapius, is slain by Apollo on account of her infidelity (don t confuse Coronises)

Peasants into Frogs
Leta, fleeing Hera with her children Apollo and Artemis, gets thirsty, but peasants gathering rushes refuse her drink, so she has Zeus turn them into frogs

Battus into a Rock
Hermes asks peasant Battus to watch over cattle hes stolen from Apollo, then to test him, comes in disguise and asks where they are, he tells him, so he turns him into a rock

Musician and Dancer
A female dancer, a devotee of the god Apollo, sits out a dance at his side

Goat Sacrifice
A goat is led to the effigy of a deity - probably Apollo - accompanied by a butcher with an axe and a bunch of pious ladies, one with a child who is leading the victim

Daphne and Apollo
Apollo wants Daphne but Daphne doesn t want Apollo; so the virgin princess, who plans to stay that way, asks to be turned into a laurel (bay) tree. Which she is

LEUCOTHEA
Formerly known as Ino, Leucothea is a friendly sea- goddess who helps sailors in danger : she is very friendly to Apollo, too, when he pays her a visit

Myth / Classical Myth / Pan
He teaches the young Apollo to play the pan pipes

Daphne Becomes Laurel
Daphne, daughter of the river- god Peneus, takes Apollos fancy, but preferring virginity is changed into a laurel, which Apollo thereafter wears in her honour

Apollo Dances with Muses
They dance with their patron, Apollo

Clytie a Sunflower
When the sea-nymph Clytie is deserted by her lover the sun- god Apollo, she is changed into a sunflower, her face turned towards him as he crosses the heavens daily

Apollo Pythias
APOLLO PYTHIAS, the Greek god of the arts, including divination : there were sanctuaries and oracles dedicated to him, notably at Delphi where he slew Python

BRANCHUS - a Greek priest of Apollo, a seer who possessed oracular powers

MOPSUS, Greek soothsayer of Apollo who defeated his rival Calchas in a trial of skill, later became king of Mallus in Cilicia, and died fighting Amphilocus

Roman Mosaic Leicester
A Roman tesselated pavement, (the Cyparrisian Pavement) found below High Cross Street, Leicester in 1675. The mosaic shows Cyparrisus and a deer given to him by the god Apollo

Astronaut Walter Schirra
WALTER SCHIRRA One of the original Mercury 7 astronauts chosen for the Project Mercury, Americas first effort to put men in space

Ufos / Apollo II
Alleged UFO photographed from Apollo II during lunar orbit

Practicing Martial Arts
SUN-GOD:PHOEBUS/APOLLO crosses the sky in his chariot - Martial Arts practised under his gaze: swordfighting wrestling and rock-throwing

Marsyas and Apollo
The satyr Marsyas reckons hes a better flautist than Apollo, but after he loses a contest, Apollo flays him alive : nymphs mourning him make a river with their tears

Fashion September 1832
Presumably evening gowns? they are made of mousselaine & tulle adorned with ribbons at the shoulder. Both ladies wear black slippers, one has a blue scarf round her neck

Pompeii / Temple of Apollo
Pompeii Yesterday and Today The Temple of Apollo

COSTUME 1837-8 / LEECH
A working girl imitates the genteel accomplishments of young ladies. Her dress is low cut with puffed sleeves & is worn with a coarse apron. Both women wear pattens

Hair, Hats & Canezous
Front & back views of: Apollo knot coiffure adorned with an arrow; a wide brimmed bonnet with plumes & decorative detailing under the brim & a lace canezou (cape style)

Apollo Flays Marsyas
Lyre-player Apollo is challenged to a musical duel by flute-player Marsyas; when he wins (by a nasty trick) he flays his presumptuous rival alive

Belvedere Apollo

Muses and Apollo
The Nine Muses dance with their patron and friend, Apollo (known as Apollo Musagete when playing this role)

Roman Shrine of Apollo
Sanctuary dedicated to Apollo (hence the lyre on the roof of the temple.)

Pan, Sylvanus & Apollo
Gallus (Virgils patron), unhappy in love, is comforted by Pan, Sylvanus & Apollo

CASSANDRA, daughter of Priam & Hecuba, Trojan royals : prophetess, but when Apollo failed to ravish her, he fixed it that no one would believe her correct prophecies

Apollo & Serpent
standing beside a tree trunk round which, whether he realises it or not, a snake is coiled

Apollo with Lyre
holding a lyre, with long hair and fig-leaf

Apollo with Bow
holding a bow, with cloak and fig-leaf

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