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(1905); L. Dyer, _The Gods in Greece_ (1891); articles in
Pauly-Wissowa's _Realencyclopadie_, W.H. Roscher's _Lexikon der
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_Religion und Kultus der Romer_ (1902); D. Bassi, _Saggio di
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the Greek States_, iv. (1907); O. Gruppe, _Griechische Mythologie und
Religionsgeschichte_, ii. (1906). In the article GREEK ART, fig. 9
represents a bearded Apollo, playing on the lyre, in a chariot drawn
by winged horses; fig. 55 (pl. ii.) Apollo of the Belvidere; fig. 76
(pl. v.) a nude and roughly executed colossal figure of the god.
(J. H. F.)

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Hesychius; who also gives the explanation [Greek: sekos]
("fold"), in which case Apollo would be the god of flocks and herds.

[2] The authority for the quantity is Isyllus.

[3] Hence some have derived "Apollo" from [Greek: apollunai], "to
destroy."

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