Apollo Lykeios

Detail of the ivory statuette of Apollo Lykeios.

Mended from over 200 pieces found in a well, the statuette is probably a miniature copy of Praxitele 's Apollo Lykeios that stood in the Aristote 's school of phylosophy, the lyceum. The god held his bow in his left hand. The invocation Lykeios is associated with Apollo 's attribute as God of Light.

3rd century BC.

 

Ancient Agora Museum, Athens

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