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Another view. 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.
Temple of Apollo Huge male torso from the Temple of Apollo, probably Hercules, 550 BC Terracotta statues of Hercules and Apollo from the temple of Apollo. This sanctuary, among the most ancient and venerated on all of Etruria, was outside of the city and on a road leading to the Tyrrhenian coast and the Veii salt flats.
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 ...
One of the best known examples of free-standing or isolated statue of this phase is the cult sculpture of Apollo of Veii, currently in the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia. [1] During this period important changes were made in sculpture also due to changes in the field of architecture and religion.
The sanctuary included the temple of Apollo of about 510 BC to which belonged the Apollo of Veii (now in the National Etruscan Museum). The impressive thermal baths and the forum built under Augustus have been partially excavated in recent years. Many rich Tumuli and chamber tombs have been found.
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 ...
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 .