Apollo Belvedere

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noun

a Roman marble statue, possibly a copy of a Greek original of the 4th–1st centuries b.c.

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The head of Apollo in our illustration is from a famous full-length statue of the god known as the Apollo Belvedere.
Greek Sculpture|Estelle M. Hurll
Opposite that, stood my plaster cast of Apollo Belvedere, as indicative of the god of song that reigned over my thoughts and life.
Tramping on Life|Harry Kemp
And still more refined and genuine was the vapor of the imaginative young girl who died of love for the Apollo Belvedere.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866|Various
Though of a build unusually powerful, his limbs possess all the grace and suppleness of the Apollo Belvedere.
Venus in Boston;|George Thompson

While the chin of the Apollo Belvedere falls slightly inside of this line, yet this is hardly perceptible.
Degeneracy|Eugene S. Talbot