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This red figure vase by the Berlin Painter shows Apollo sitting on a tripod, holding his lyre and wearing his bow/arrows on his back. The wings symbolize Apollo's journey over the sea, perhaps to the far-off land of the Hyperboreans. The dolphins on either side of the tripod may allude to Apollo's epithet "Delphinios". See the below for a view of the entire vase. |
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This view shows how the figure of Apollo is actually painted on the curved shoulder of the vase. Notice too the fish and octopus below the waves. |