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TomBo T
TomBo Aug 11, 2004 17:35:22
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"In this Hyperborean land a magnificent sacred precinct of Apollo and a notable temple which is adorned with many votive offerings and is spherical in shape dedicated to Apollo to which he returned, in person, every nineteen years."
- Diodorus Siculus

E Earthstepper
Earthstepper Aug 11, 2004 19:45:07
Replying to TomBo

There is a view that Apollo is the deity mistakenly called the Gorgon at Aqua Sulis. Have to concede that the carving above the pediment is not female and the snakes hair are not snakes at all. The face is heavily moustached and masculine and the snake locks are surely the rays of the sun.

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