Delos
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Delos or Dilos, is a small Greek island near Mykonos, close to the centre of the Cyclades archipelago. Though only 3.43 km2 in area, it is one of the most important mythological, historical, and archa
General view of Delos
The island of Delos, Carl Anton Joseph Rottmann, 1847
The theatre
The Agora of the Competaliasts
Apollo
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Apollo is one of the Olympian deities in ancient Greek religion and mythology. His numerous functions include light, healing, prophecy, music, poetry, and archery. He is the son of Leto and Zeus, and
Delos
…Archaeological Museum of Athens. Delos had a position as a holy sanctuary for a millennium before Olympian Greek mythology made it the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis. From its Sacred Harbour are visible the three conical mounds that have identified landscapes sacred to a goddess (presumably Athena…
Apollo Belvedere, a 2nd-century CE Roman copy of a Greek original from c. 330 BCE
Apollo, fresco from Pompeii, 1st century AD
Statue of Apollo Sauroctonus attributed to Praxiteles c. 340 BC, Cleveland Museum of Art
Chryselephantine statue of Apollo in Delphi, mid-6th century B.C.