Sculpure of Apollo Sauroctone (Apollo the lizard-slayer). Artist: Praxiteles

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Sculture of Apollo Sauroctone (Apollo the lizard-slayer): a marble replica after a bronze original made by the famous sculptor Praxiteles. The statue is a joke, referring to Apollo's victory over the Python.

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Photo credit: © CM Dixon/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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