Apollo

(a-pollo.) (Myt.) The god of the fine arts, of medicine, music, poetry, and eloquence, was a son of Jupiter and Latona, who was also called Pha bus (bright or shining), and often styled Pythius, because his first great exploit was to slay with his arrows the serpent Python. He is usually represented as a beautiful young man, crowned with laurel, and having in his hand ah arp or a bow and arrows.-(Fine Arts.) The Apollo Belvidere is a famous marble statue of Apollo, which was found among the ruins of Antium, 12leagues from Rome. It was purchased by Pope Julius II., while a cardinal, and removed by him when Pope to the Belvidere at the Vatican, whence its name. The left hand and the right fore-arm are modern restorations. The name of the sculptor is unknown, but it is thought to have been carved in the time of the Emperor Nero. [s. 38]