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Apollo Orestes Temple of Apollo, Corinth, Greece Apollo with lyre Parthenon frieze with Poseidon, Apollo, and Artemis majolica plate Niche with statue of Apollo by Jacopo Sansovino; in the Loggetta, Venice, 1540. Temple of Apollo, Pompeii, Italy, with Mount Vesuvius in the background. burlesque depicted on a phlyax krater Apollo Belvedere, restored Roman copy of the Greek original attributed to Leochares, 4th century bc; in the Vatican Museum, Rome
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Apollo Belvedere, restored Roman copy of the Greek original attributed to Leochares, 4th century bc; in the Vatican Museum, Rome
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Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece.
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James Barry (1741-1806) painting title: The Education of Achilles, oil on canvas by James Barry, c. 1772; in the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut. 102.9 x 128.9 cm Alternate title: Chiron and Achilles
Gods, Goddesses, and Greek Mythology
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Orestes
Temple of Apollo, Corinth, Greece
Apollo with lyre
Parthenon frieze with Poseidon, Apollo, and Artemis
majolica plate
Niche with statue of Apollo by Jacopo Sansovino; in the Loggetta, Venice, 1540.
Temple of Apollo, Pompeii, Italy, with Mount Vesuvius in the background.
burlesque depicted on a phlyax krater
Apollo Belvedere, restored Roman copy of the Greek original attributed to Leochares, 4th century bc; in the Vatican Museum, Rome
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mythology. Greek. Hermes. (Roman Mercury)
A Study of Greek and Roman Mythology
James Barry (1741-1806) painting title: The Education of Achilles, oil on canvas by James Barry, c. 1772; in the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut. 102.9 x 128.9 cm Alternate title: Chiron and Achilles
Gods, Goddesses, and Greek Mythology
Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece.
From Athena to Zeus: Basics of Greek Mythology
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Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
12 Greek Gods and Goddesses