Tags: Mythological Figure.
An Apollo Citharoedus or Apollo Citharede is a statue or other image of Apollo with a cithara (lyre). Among the best-known examples is the Apollo Citharoedus of the Vatican Museums a 2nd-century AD colossal marble statue by an unknown Roman sculptor. Apollo is shown crowned with laurel and wearing the long flowing robe of the Ionic bard. The statue was found in 1774 with seven statues of the Muses in the ruins of Gaius Cassius Longinus’ villa near Tivoli Italy.
