207. Torso of Apollo (?) standing, with the right leg drawn back.
The head, arms, and legs from the knees are wanting; two points of attachment near the front of the hips, show that the arms were considerably bent at the elbows.
This figure was found in the Dromos of a tomb at Marion (Cyprus).
Marble; height, 2 feet 5 inches. Herrmann, Gräberfeld von Marion, p. 22. The tomb contained a coin of Idalium, of about 510 b.c., a gold cup with acorns repoussé, several black figured vases, one at least of an early character, and no red figured vases.
208. Head of Apollo. The hair is bound with a taenia and falls in short corkscrew curls over the forehead, and in a flowing mass down the shoulders. The sharply cut outlines of the features, and the wiry character of the hair suggest that this head is a copy of an archaic work in bronze. It has been conjectured that the head is copied from the Apollo of Canachos at Branchidae, but there is no evidence in favour of the theory, which has been given up as untenable. (Cf. Overbeck, Gr. Plast., 3rd ed., i., p. 110). A bronze statuette from the Payne Knight collection, which has a better claim to be considered a copy of Apollo of Canachos, may be seen in the Bronze Room.
Brought from Rome by Lord Cawdor, and purchased by Townley.—Townley Coll.
Parian marble; height, 1 foot 5½ inches. Specimens, I., pls. 5, 6; Mus. Marbles, III., pl. 4; Ellis, Townley Gallery, I., p. 321; Müller, Denkmaeler, I., pl. 4, fig. 22; Overbeck, Gr. Plast., 3rd ed., I., p. 109, fig. 14; Wolters, No. 228; cf. Rayet et Thomas, Milet et le Golfe Latmique, pl. 37; Michaelis, Anc. Marbles, p. 94.
209. Statue of Apollo, standing. The chief weight of the body is thrown on the right leg, while the left knee is bent, and the left foot rests lightly on the ground. The head is slightly turned to the right. The hair is dressed with the headdress known as the krobylos.