Torsos of Apollo
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From temple of Daphnephoros Apollo at Ertria, Greece, Archaic period |
Twisting torso. |
Roman Apollo, from a temple near Boeblingen, Germany |
A reproduction in carrara marble |
Rainer Marie Rilke
Rilke gave us an excellent example of ekphrasis in the following poem.
Archaïscher Torso Apollos
sich hält und glänzt. Sonst könnte nicht der Bug Sonst stünde dieser Stein entstellt und kurz und bräche nicht aus allen seinen Rändern
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Torso of an Archaic ApolloTranslated by C. F. MacIntyre
restrained and shining. Else the curving breast Else stood this stone a fragment and defaced, nor would this star have shaken the shackles off,
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