Apollo Archegetes in laurel wreath

Apollo Archegetes in laurel wreath. An epithet of the Greek god Apollo, god of oracles, healing, archery, music and arts, sunlight, and knowledge, worshipped in several locations including Naxos, Sicily. Archagetas. Copperplate engraving by Pieter Bodart (1676-1712) from Henricus Spoor's Deorum et Heroum, Virorum et Mulierum Illustrium Imagines Antiquae Illustatae, Gods and Heroes, Men and Women, Illustrated with Antique Images, Petrum, Amsterdam, 1715. First published as FavissE utriusque antiquitatis tam RomanE quam GrEcE in 1707. Henricus Spoor was a Dutch physician, classical scholar, poet and writer, fl. 1694-1716

18th Century Antique Images Archery Deorum Et Heroum Epithet Gods And Heroes Greek God Greek Myth Healing Henricus Spoor Knowledge Laurel Wreath Medallion Men And Women Naxos Oracles Pieter Bodart Roman Myth

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