Strangford Apollo Explained

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

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Strangford Apollo . 2015-12-30 . British Museum . 17 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181017001653/http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=461943&partId=1 . live .
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. 10.1080/02757200903298500. 161877737. 6 October 2021. 16 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230716175341/https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.27604180. live.