Votive to the Apolline Triad showing Apollo, Leto, and Artemis
| Collection: | Athens, National Archaeological Museum |
| Title: | Votive to the Apolline Triad |
| Context: | From Larisa |
| Findspot: | Found at Thessaly, Larisa |
| Summary: | Apollo, Leto, and Artemis |
| Object Function: | Votive |
| Material: | Marble |
| Sculpture Type: | Stele, relief-decorated |
| Category: | Single monument |
| Style: | Early Hellenistic |
| Technique: | Medium relief |
| Original or Copy: | Original |
| Date: | ca. 300 BC - ca. 250 BC |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.59 m; W. 0.61 m |
| Scale: | Miniature (pictorial field) |
| Region: | Thessaly |
| Period: | Early Hellenistic |
Subject Description: In the center stands Leto, in a nearly frontal pose, with her weight on her right leg. She wears a himation veiled over a chiton, holds a scepter upright in her upraised left hand, and holds an offering bowl--a phiale--in her oustretched right hand. To her right stands Apollo, nearly profile to the right, in the attire of a kithara player (his kithara is articulated in low relief). His sister, Artemis, stands opposite him, shown in 3/4-view to the left. She wears a sleeveless double chiton, and a quiver slung over her shoulder. She holds her bow in her left hand, and her sacred deer stands at her right side.
Form & Style: The relief is crowned by a shallow pediment, adorned with three palmette akroteria.
Condition: Intact
Condition Description: The pediment is worn, and details of the relief surface have worn off.
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