The distinguishing characteristic of the head of Apollo is the manner in which the hair is represented.
Bust of Apollo of great beauty, crowned with a narrow diadem.
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Head of Minerva with helmet, slightly inclined to the right.
Head of Minerva. The hair, parted in the middle, is drawn back from the temples, after the manner usual in the representations of Minerva.
Minoan costume. Our Lady Of The Sports.
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Statue of Roman Emperor Hadrian in full military costume.
A statue of Hadrian, in full military costume, with bare but bearded head, right arm and hand extended forward, and the left hand bearing the parazonium, or small short sword, in its sheath.
Bust of Minerva. Parian marble. Specimens of Ancient Sculpture.
The hair flow away from the forehead, and falls behind the neck in one solid tress, not unlike the hair on some of the caryatides. This arrangement is one of the most common characteristics of this goddes.
Juno crowned with an indented diadem, usually called Stephane.
A description of the collection of ancient Marbles in the British Museum by Combe Taylor, London 1861.
Statue of Athene with the skin of the goat Amalthea.
Statue of Athene; wears as under-garment the chiton, next the peplos, with the wars of the giants and the skin of the goat Amalthea.
