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The Apollo of Veii is a life-size painted terracotta Etruscan statue of Aplu , designed to be placed at the highest part of a temple. The statue was discovered in the Portonaccio sanctuary of ancient Veii , Latium , in what is now central Italy , and dates from c. 510-500 BC .
The invention of archery itself is credited to Apollo and his sister Artemis. Apollo is also an important pastoral deity, and was the patron of herdsmen and shepherds. Protection of herds, flocks and crops from diseases, pests and predators were his primary duties. As the god of mousike, [a] Apollo presides over all music, songs, dance and ...
Apollo of Veii, dating from around 510 BC, in the Villa Giulia museum of Rome. Fidenae and Veii were said to have again been defeated by Rome in the 7th century BC during the reign of Rome's third king Tullus Hostilius. In the 6th century BC Rome's sixth king Servius Tullius warred against Veii (after the expiry of an earlier truce) and the ...
Veii : The temple of Apollo was built in the late 6th century BC, indicating the spread of Apollo's culture (Aplu) in Etruria. There was a prostyle porch, which is called Tuscan, and a triple cella 18.50 m wide. [131] Falerii Veteres : A temple of Apollo was built probably in the 4th–3rd century BC. Parts of a terracotta capital, and a ...
Zerynthus (Ancient Greek: Ζήρυνθος, romanized: Zḗrunthos; Latin: Zerynthus [1]) was a town of the Apsynthii in Thrace which had a temple of Apollo [2] and Artemis. Because of that two deities derived the epithet of Zerynthian. [3] According to Lycophron's Alexandra, this was the location of Zerynthos or Zirynthia, a cave sacred to ...
Vulca was an Etruscan artist from the town of Veii. The only Etruscan artist mentioned by ancient writers, he worked for the last of the Roman kings, Tarquinius Superbus (who died in 495 BC). [ 1 ] He is responsible for creating a terracotta statue of Jupiter that was inside the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on the Capitoline Hill , and ...
The Apollo of Temple, the original name of an indoor arena at Temple University in Philadelphia now known as Liacouras Center Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Temple of Apollo .
Bhookailas is a 1958 Indian Telugu-language Hindu mythological film directed by K. Shankar. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Jamuna with music composed by R. Sudarsanam and R. Govardhanam. It was produced by A. V. Meiyappan under the AVM Productions banner.