Apollo Lykeios
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Name/Title
Apollo LykeiosEntry/Object ID
08G11126Description
Apollo stands with his right arm raised above his head with a bend at the elbow and his hand behind his head. His left hand is holding a lyre and some drapery is over his left arm. He is standing with his right hip out to the side and his left leg forward from the right leg.Type of Sculpture
StatueArtwork Details
Medium
MarbleSubject Person
ApolloContext
This statue is a Roman copy of a Greek original. The original has been attributed to Praxiteles. Bartolomeo Cavaceppi restored this statue's arms, left leg and head in the 18th century. The head was taken from a statue of Apollo Kitharoidos. Apollo was one of the most prominently portrayed male divinities in the 4th century BC. His youthful, naked style is derived from the Archaic kouros. His hairstyle, with the braid over his forehead, further accentuates the adolescent look that was worn before youths entered the military service and ritually cut their hair.Made/Created
Date made
370 BCE - 360 BCETime Period
ClassicalEthnography
Culture/Tribe
Greek - Classical