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Athlete or Apollo
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This bronze statuette depicts a nude male, perhaps a young athlete or the youthful god Apollo. The figure is made from solid bronze, with a fillet of inlaid silver on his head. The figure’s right arm is broken off just above the elbow. If this is a statue of Apollo, he may have once held a bow and arrow; if it depicts an athlete, he could have held athletic equipment, a symbol of victory, or an offering dish.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineAthlete or Apollo, probably 100–1 BCE. Greece, Macedonia(?). Bronze with silver inlays; overall: 30.8 x 9 cm (12 1/8 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1927.170
