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| Ancient Rome Neptune 1st-2nd century AD bronze statuette Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Ancient Rome Military Commander 1st-2nd century AD bronze statuette Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Ancient Rome Apollo 2nd half of 1st century BC bronze statuette Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
Let me call to mind and not neglect Apollo the far-shooter, at whose coming the gods tremble in Zeus' house. They all spring up from their seats as he approaches, when he draws his shining bow. Leto alone remains beside Zeus whose sport is the thunderbolt; she unstrings his [Apollo's] bow and closes his quiver, and taking the bow from his strong shoulders she hangs it up on a pillar of his father's house from a peg of gold, leads him to a chair, and seats him on it. His father gives him nectar in a golden cup, toasting his dear son, and then the other deities do likewise from where they sit, while the mistress Leto rejoices at having borne a powerful archer son.
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You yourself, lord Silverbow, far-shooting Apollo, went sometimes on rugged Cynthus, and sometimes you roamed the islands and the world of men. Many are your temples and wooded groves, and all the peaks find favor with you, and the upper ridges of the high mountains, and the rivers flowing on to the sea. But it is in Delos, Phoibos, that your heart most delights, where the Ionians with trailing robes assemble with their children and wives on your avenue, and when they have seated the gathering they think of you and entertain you with boxing, dancing, and singing. A man might think they were the unaging immortals if he came along then when the Ionians are all together: he would take in the beauty of the whole scene, and be delighted at the spectacle of the men and the fair-girt women, the swift ships and the people's piles of belongings.
– from the Homeric Hymn to Apollo (6th century BC), translated by Martin West (2003)
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| Ancient Rome Hercules 1st-2nd century AD bronze statuette Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Ancient Rome Athlete 1st century AD bronze statue Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Anonymous Sculptor Standing Youth 16th century bronze statue after Roman original Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Johann Gregor van der Schardt Allegory of Spring ca. 1569-78 gilt-bronze statuette Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Johann Gregor van der Schardt Allegory of Winter ca. 1569-78 gilt-bronze statuette Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Johann Gregor van der Schardt Mercury ca. 1570-76 bronze statuette Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Johann Gregor van der Schardt Luna ca. 1570 bronze statuette Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Hubert Gerhard Centaur Nessus, Hercules and Dejanira ca. 1602 bronze statuette Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Hubert Gerhard Mars, Venus and Cupid ca. 1580-90 bronze statuette Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| attributed to Francesco Fanelli Venus ca. 1645 bronze statuette Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Adriaen de Vries Gladiator ca. 1603 bronze statuette Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |