'Phoebus Apollo', 1895, (c1915). When Admetus wanted to marry princess Alcestis, Apollo, an Olympian deity in Greek and Roman mythology, provided a chariot pulled by lions. Oil on canvas held at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. From "Classic Myth and Legend", by A. R. Hope Moncrieff. [The Gresham Publishing Company Limited, London, ]

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