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Apollo Belvedere, c. 120–140 CE (Source: Wikimedia)

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Apollo Belvedere, c. 120–140 CE (Source: Wikimedia)

Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy (1798) by Charles Meynier (Source: Wikimedia)

Apollo, fresco from Pompeii, 1st century AD (Source: Wikimedia)

Statue of Apollo Sauroctonus attributed to Praxiteles c. 340 BC, Cleveland Museum of Art (Source: Wikimedia)

Chryselephantine statue of Apollo in Delphi, mid-6th century B.C. (Source: Wikimedia)

Omphalos in the Museum of Delphi (Source: Wikimedia)

Apollo Victorious over the Python by Pietro Francavilla (1591), depicting Apollo's victory over the serpent Python[66] (The Walters Art Museum) (Source: Wikimedia)

Ornamented golden Minoan labrys (Source: Wikimedia)

Illustration of a coin of Apollo Agyieus from Ambracia (Source: Wikimedia)

Columns of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, Greece (Source: Wikimedia)

Oracular tripod (Source: Wikimedia)

Delos lions (Source: Wikimedia)

Partial view of the temple of Apollo Epikurios (healer) at Bassae in southern Greece (Source: Wikimedia)

Temple of the Delians at Delos, dedicated to Apollo (478 BC). 19th-century pen-and-wash restoration. (Source: Wikimedia)

Gate at the Temple of Apollo (Naxos) (Source: Wikimedia)

Floor plan of the temple of Apollo, Corinth (Source: Wikimedia)

Inscriptions for Apollo, Naukratis (Source: Wikimedia)

Floor plan of the temple of Apollo, Syracuse (Source: Wikimedia)

Floor plan of the Temple of Apollo at Bassae (Source: Wikimedia)

Temple of Apollo, Didyma (Source: Wikimedia)

Plan of the Temple of Apollo (Pompeii) (Source: Wikimedia)

Temple of Apollo Sosianus, Rome (Source: Wikimedia)

Leto fleeing with Artemis and Apollo, AD 350–400, in Kunstsien Stichting (Source: Wikimedia)

Leto with her children, by William Henry Rinehart (Source: Wikimedia)

Leto with Apollo and Artemis, by Francesco Pozzi (Source: Wikimedia)

Apollo head in the Antalya Museum, Turkey (Source: Wikimedia)

Latona and the Lycian peasants, by Joshua Cristall (Source: Wikimedia)

Apollo victorious over the Python, by François Gaspard Adam (Source: Wikimedia)

Apollo and Python, terracotta relief by Artus Quellinus the Elder (1609–1668) (Source: Wikimedia)

Phoebe gifts the oracular tripod to Apollo, by John Flaxman (Source: Wikimedia)

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in der römischen und griechischen Mythologie der Gott des Lichts, der Heilung etc sowie der Künste, insbesondere der Musik, der Dichtkunst und des Gesangs

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Hans Werner Henze's network of artists. Digital letter edition, https://henze-digital.zenmem.de/A001045D (Version 6.1.0 of November 30, 2024)
Last change of this document on October 28, 2024

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