Apollo of Mantua
Marble Roman copy after a 5th-century BCE Greek original attributed to Polykleitos

Hail Apollon, lord of the winding road, I give adoration unto you.

Pallas Athene Visiting Apollo on the Parnassus
By: Arnold Houbraken

Apollo of Mantua
Marble Roman copy after a 5th-century BCE Greek original attributed to Polykleitos

Monumental Gateway of the Temple of Apollo, island of Naxos

Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcomes. Therefore, give yourself fully to your endeavors. Decide to construct your character through excellent actions and determine to pay the price of a worthy goal. The trials you encounter will introduce you to your strengths. Remain steadfast...and one day you will build something that endures: something worthy of your potential.

Epictetus

As the sun does not wait for prayers and incantations to be induced to rise, but immediately shines and is saluted by all: so do you also not wait for clappings of hands, and shouts and praise to be induced to do good, but be a doer of good voluntarily, and you will be beloved as much as the sun.

Epictetus

Asclepius, Apollo to us gave
To heal our bodies, caring for our flesh.
So too, the Delphic Lord bestowed on us
For health of soul, his son, divine Plato.

Apollo, bearer of verse,
Muse of the muses,
How is it that your brilliance shines brightly in all that you create?
Your effortless skill, divine masterpiece,
Brings inspiration and wonder to mortal eyes and hands like my own..

Golden God,
Please guide me to be dedicated to my own creative pursuit,
So that I am able to hone my craft
And create beauty in honor of you, the Artist..

Hail Apollon, cherished son of Zeus, I give adoration unto you.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

Marcus Aurelius

Votive offerings from the sanctuary of Apollo Hyperteleatas in Ohoiniki Laconia.

Terracotta female figures from the 3rd – 1st centuries BCE.
Now located at the archaeological museum of Neapolis in Laconia

Large marble head of Apollo with traces of red-brown paint on the hair and eyebrows from the Baths of Hadrian in Aphrodisias, Turkey.