Strangford Apollo

Strangford Apollo
Material	Marble
Height	100 cm (39 in)
Created	c. 490 BC
Discovered	Anafi, Greece
Present location	British Museum
Registration	1864,0220.1

The Strangford Apollo is an ancient Greek sculpture of a nude boy, with the arms and lower legs missing. It dates to around 490 BC, making it one of the latest examples of the kouros type of statue, and is made of Parian marble. The sculpture has been in British Museum's collection since 1864, when the museum acquired it from the collection of Percy Smythe, 8th Viscount Strangford.^[1]

Function

The Strangford Apollo may have been a cult statue because it was found on the island Anafi, which harbors the remains of the temple of Apollo.^[2]

References

1. "The Strangford Apollo". British Museum. Archived from the original on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
2. Kenna, Margaret E. (December 2009). "Apollo and the Virgin: The Changing Meanings of a Sacred Site on Anafi". History & Anthropology. 20 (4): 487–509. doi:10.1080/02757200903298500. S2CID 161877737. Archived from the original on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2021.