Cast Gallery catalogue number: A059

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Apollo observes the battle between Lapiths and Centaurs at the wedding of Peirithoos. His head is turned to the right and his gaze follws his outstretched right arm. A bow was added separately in his left hand.

  • Plaster cast: Height: 3.29m.
  • Copy of a marble statue of Apollo.
  • The statue:
    • is from the west pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.
    • was made about 460 BC.
    • is now in Olympia, Archaeological Museum.

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