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The page states "Apollo is usually described as carrying a golden bow and a quiver of silver arrows." This is actually wrong in a couple ways: in modern times, Apollo is typically depicted with both a golden bow and golden arrows, as the current association with Apollo and the Sun has led to Apollo accordingly being linked to the color gold (and Artemis, in turn, with silver.) In antiquity, however, Apollo was more commonly depicted as having a silver bow and silver arrows. For example, consider the Iliad, which is one of our better primary sources on ancient Greek mythology [1].
If the page is going to contradict the Iliad's description, then it should have 1) a good citation for the golden bow (currently there is no citation) and a note that descriptions vary, since the Iliad is an exceptionally prominent work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.148.14.162 (talk) 17:55, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
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Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia (Invalid Date). Apollo. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Apollo-Greek-mythology Viovanhelisng (talk) 15:33, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
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Currently the Linear B forms are shown as so: ]pe-rjo-[ and ]𐀟𐁊-[
What are those brackets for? This is distracting. No other article I can find with Linear A/B forms have these backwards brackets, unless its supposed to represent the lacunose form, then someone made this up and it still just distracting since its mentioned right before that the source is that. 97.115.128.32 (talk) 15:05, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
Under "Greco-Roman epithets"...
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Currently our lead has
The three sentences seem to be saying the same thing in different ways, at greater length than the body text they should be summarising:
No references are given for the body text either, so before copy-editing the lead, can I check? I do remember accounts of the oracle at Delphi being consulted before colonisation (eg Cyrene, Taras) but have no idea whether that was because Apollo was specifically a/the god of colonisation or constitutions, or simply one of the many things on which Greeks often sought an oracle before proceeding. Can we provide sources for either claim? NebY (talk) 14:25, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
I have a couple problems with the belvedere as the main image and as a statue itself, first of all, it looks weird, i mean, what is he reaching his hand out to? Second of all, something is kinda off about the face. Third of all, I think that a less famous statue should get more recognition. Fourth of all, the description is too vague. Ghost Cacus (talk) 17:48, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
Citation needed. Raskolnikov7 (talk) 12:07, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
Are you even trying to be encyclopedic? 2600:4040:53F8:7100:489E:4446:4ECC:ECB (talk) 00:48, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
such a god doesn't seem to have ever existed an any actual sources. A Hurrian deity named Aplu is not mentioned in the following credible sources about Hurrian religion: G. Wilhelm, The Hurrians; P. Taracha, Religions of 2nd Millennium Anatolia; A. Archi, West Hurrian Pantheon and its Background; Reallexikon der Assyriologie; Václav Blažek proposes a Hurrian origin of the name (from a word for arrow) without mentioning the purported god "Aplu" and places the Akkadian "aplu" among outdated 19th century theories (with no mention of Nergal made), and R. Beekes in his article doesn't bring the purported "Hurrian" Aplu at all while dicussing the possibility of Apollo's Anatolian origin and only mentions Aplu as Etruscan form developed -from- Apollo.
This is a mesage from my talk page by P Aculeius (talk) 17:02, 18 June 2021 (UTC). I believe that Aculeius is right, and any reference to the Hurrian "Aplu" must be deleted. Jestmoon(talk) 14:40, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
"Apollo seated with lyre. Porphyry and marble, 2nd century AD. Farnese collection, Naples, Italy." This statue is not of Apollo at all, it is clearly a female seated with a lyre. The statue is wearing a dress, visible empire waist and breasts. Remove the image from the Apollo wiki please - Apollo 70.15.121.120 (talk) 15:05, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
La statua è nota sin dal XVI secolo, menzionata come personificazione di “Roma trionfante” dall’Albertini (1510) e dal Fichard (1815), e riprodotta in una veduta del cortile di casa Sassi da Marten Van Heemskerck. [transl. The statue has been known since the 16th century, mentioned as the personification of “Rome triumphant" by Albertini (1510) and Fichard (1815), and reproduced in a view of the courtyard of the Sassi house by Marten Van Heemskerck.]
L’intervento di restauro dell’Albacini traduce correttamente il generico schema del dio seduto su di una roccia, intento a suonare la sua cetra. Alcuni lineamenti morbidi della scultura e una possibile cattiva condizione della testa, che ne comprometteva una corretta lettura, giustificano un’iniziale identificazione della figura, vestita anche di un lungo chitone e himation, con una divinità femminile: Vesta, all’epoca dell’acquisto, e poi personificazione di Roma trionfante, in ottemperanza ai programmi celebrativi della città nel ‘500. Lo stesso Winckelmann la definisce una generica “statua femminile”. Ma l’aggiunta della cetra, del plettro e soprattutto la lavorazione della testa, di ispirazione classica, con la tipica pettinatura a nodo riconosciuta ad Apollo, l’Albacini restituisce l’esatta interpretazione della scultura con il dio Musagete. [transl. Albacini's restoration work correctly translates the generic scheme of the god sitting on a rock, intent on playing his lyre. Some soft features of the sculpture and a possible bad condition of the head, which compromised one correct reading, justify an initial identification of the figure, also dressed in a long chiton and himation, with a female divinity: Vesta, at the time of purchase, and then personification of triumphant Rome, in compliance with the celebratory programs of city in the 16th century. Winckelmann himself defines it as a generic "female statue". But the addition of the lyre, the plectrum and above all the workmanship of the head, of inspiration classic, with the typical knot hairstyle recognized by Apollo, Albacini returns the exact interpretation of the sculpture with the god Musagete.
Nei disegni di M. Van Heemskerck la statua è riprodotta munita di testa ma priva delle mani e dei piedi; poi tutti gli altri testimoni del ‘500 raccontano e descrivono una scultura completa di tutte le integrazioni in bronzo. Si ipotizza, quindi, che almeno la testa fosse originale, o comunque antica, mentre gli arti furono opera di Guglielmo Della Porta, scultore e consulente d’arte della famiglia Farnese e autore dei restauri di tutte le opere poste al piano nobile del Palazzo, dove si trovava anche l’Apollo in porfido. Alcuni studiosi, in alternativa, propongono una diversa lettura: la testa, già visibile quando l’opera era collocata nel cortile di Casa Sassi, è sicuramente antica, ma non pertinente. Poi, alla fine del XVIII secolo, ormai rovinata, e secondo illustri giudizi riconosciuta non originale e di bassa qualità (J. J. Winckelmann), si decise per la rimozione e sostituzione con una in marmo bianco.
transl. In the drawings of M. Van Heemskerck the statue is reproduced with a head but without hands and feet; Then all the other witnesses of the 16th century tell and describe a complete sculpture of all the bronze additions. It is therefore assumed that at least the head was original, or however ancient, while the limbs were the work of Guglielmo Della Porta, sculptor and art consultant to the Farnese family and author of the restorations of all the works on display on the main floor of the Palace, where the porphyry Apollo was also located. Some scholars, alternatively, propose a different reading: the head, already visible when the work was located in the courtyard of Casa Sassi, it is certainly ancient, but not relevant. Then, at the end of the 18th century, already ruined, and according to illustrious judgements, recognised [as] not original and of low quality (J. J. Winckelmann), it was decided to remove it and replace it with one in white marble.