Round the taenia are five drilled holes, indicating that a wreath
of bronze was attached. The arms, and the legs from the knees are
wanting.
This figure, commonly known as the Strangford Apollo, is referred by
Brunn to the school of Callon of Aegina.
From the collection of _Viscount Strangford_. Stated in 1864 to be
from _Lemnos_, but said also to have been found in _Anaphè_ (Newton,
_Essays_, p. 81).
Marble; height, 3 feet 4 inches. _Mon. dell' Inst._, IX., pl.
41; _Annali dell' Inst._, 1872, p. 181; Brunn, _Ber. d. k. bayer.
Akad. Phil.-hist. Classe_, 1872, p. 529; Overbeck, _Gr. Plast._,
3rd ed., I., p. 181, fig. 40; Murray, I., pl. 2; Rayet et Thomas,
_Milet et le Golfe Latmique_, pl. 28; Brunn, _Denkmaeler_, No. 51;
Wolters, No. 89; _Arch. Zeit._, 1864, p. 164*.
[Sidenote: =207.=]
Torso of Apollo (?) standing, with the right leg drawn back.
The head, arms, and legs from the knees are wanting; two points
of attachment near the front of the hips, show that the arms were
considerably bent at the elbows.
This figure was found in the _Dromos of a tomb at Marion (Cyprus)_.
Marble; height, 2 feet 5 inches. Herrmann, _Gräberfeld von
Marion_, p. 22. The tomb contained a coin of Idalium, of about
510 B.C., a gold cup with acorns _repoussé_, several black figured
vases, one at least of an early character, and no red figured
vases.
[Sidenote: =208.=]
Head of Apollo. The hair is bound with a taenia and falls in short
corkscrew curls over the forehead, and in a flowing mass down the
shoulders. The sharply cut outlines of the features, and the wiry
character of the hair suggest that this head is a copy of an archaic
work in bronze. It has been conjectured that the head is copied from
the Apollo of Canachos at Branchidae, but there is no evidence in
favour of the theory, which has been given up as untenable. (Cf.
Overbeck, _Gr. Plast._, 3rd ed., i., p. 110). A bronze statuette from
the Payne Knight collection, which has a better claim to be considered
a copy of Apollo of Canachos, may be seen in the Bronze Room.
_Brought from Rome by Lord Cawdor, and purchased by Townley.--Townley
Coll._
Parian marble; height, 1 foot 5-1/2 inches. _Specimens_, I., pls.
5, 6; _Mus. Marbles_, III., pl. 4; Ellis, _Townley Gallery_, I.,
p. 321; Müller, _Denkmaeler_, I., pl. 4, fig. 22; Overbeck, _Gr.
Plast._, 3rd ed., I., p. 109, fig. 14; Wolters, No. 228; _cf._
Rayet et Thomas, _Milet et le Golfe Latmique_, pl. 37; Michaelis,
_Anc. Marbles_, p. 94.
[Sidenote: =209.=]
Statue of Apollo, standing. The chief weight of the body is thrown on
the right leg, while the left knee is bent, and the left foot rests
lightly on the ground. The head is slightly turned to the right. The
hair is dressed with the headdress known as the _krobylos_.
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