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Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy (1798) by Charles Meynier. Apollo[a] is one of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology. Apollo has been recognized as a god of archery, music and dance, truth and prophecy, healing and diseases, the Sun and ...
Securitas, goddess of security, especially the security of the Roman empire. Senectus, god of old age. His Greek equivalent is Geras. Silvanus, god of woodlands and forests. Sol/Sol Invictus, sun god. Somnus, god of sleep; equates with the Greek Hypnos. Soranus, a god later subsumed by Apollo in the form Apollo Soranus. An Underworld god. Sors ...
91ter. The Temple of Apollo Palatinus ('Palatine Apollo'), sometimes called the Temple of Actian Apollo, was a temple of the god Apollo in Rome, constructed on the Palatine Hill on the initiative of Augustus (known as "Octavian" until 27 BCE) between 36 and 28 BCE. It was the first temple to Apollo within the city's ceremonial boundaries, and ...
The Temple of Apollo, also known as the Sanctuary of Apollo, is a Roman temple built in 120 BC and dedicated to the Greek and Roman god Apollo in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii, southern Italy. [1] The sanctuary was a public space influenced by Roman colonists to be dedicated to Greco-Roman religion and culture.
In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Leto (/ ˈliːtoʊ /; Ancient Greek: Λητώ, romanized:Lētṓpronounced [lɛːtɔ̌ː]) is a goddess and the mother of Apollo and Artemis. [ 1 ] She is the daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe, and the sister of Asteria. In the Olympian scheme, the king of gods Zeus is the father of her twins, [ 2 ...
Interpretatio Graeca. Decline. v. t. e. The Dii Consentes, also known as Di or Dei Consentes (once Dii Complices[1]), or The Harmonious Gods, is an ancient list of twelve major deities, six gods and six goddesses, in the pantheon of Ancient Rome. Their gilt statues stood in the Roman Forum, and later apparently in the Porticus Deorum Consentium.
Apollo Omphalos. (Athens) The Apollo Omphalos (Ancient Greek: Ἀπόλλων ἐπὶ τοῦ Ὀμφαλού) is an ancient Roman marble copy of a Greek original bronze sculpture in typical early Archaic period style, depicting Apollo, the Greek god of music, medicine, and prophecy. Today it is housed in the National Archaeological Museum of ...
The Apollo Belvedere (also called the Belvedere Apollo, Apollo of the Belvedere, or Pythian Apollo) [1] is a celebrated marble sculpture from classical antiquity.. The work has been dated to mid-way through the 2nd century A.D. and is considered to be a Roman copy of an original bronze statue created between 330 and 320 B.C. by the Greek sculptor Leochares. [2]