Apollo Citharoedus

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cithara
with box tail-pieces (Museo Pio-Clementino).

An Apollo Citharoedus, or Apollo Citharede, is a statue or other image of Apollo with a cithara (lyre).[1]

Notable examples

Vatican

Among the best-known examples is the Apollo Citharoedus, also known as Apollo Musagetes ("Apollo, Leader of the Muses"), of the

Tivoli, Italy. The sculptures are preserved in the Hall of the Muses, in the Museo Pio-Clementino of the Vatican Museums
.

Other examples

Apollo Citharoedus

A marble sculpture now identified as

Skopas) was restored as an Apollo Citharoedus; it is conserved in the Great Hall of the Palazzo Nuovo, Capitoline Museums, Rome. Another marble Apollo Citharoedus (2.29m), from a Hellenistic original attributed to Timarchides
, of the 2nd century BC, also stands in the Great Hall of the Palazzo Nuovo.

Other examples include the Apollo of Mantua and the Apollo Barberini, possibly a copy of the cult statue of the Temple of Apollo Palatinus; it is conserved in the Glyptothek, Munich. The Apollo Citaredo in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples is identified as Apollo but is clearly a female figure. Its provenance is unclear; it has been much restored, the head is unlikely to be original and the figure was probably of Vesta.[2]

References

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  2. ^ Coppa, Antonio. "Apollo Citaredo" (PDF) (in Italian). National Archaeological Museum, Naples.

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