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Apollonius (lived 2nd century BC)

Greek sculptor. He and his brother Tauriscus, both active in Rhodes, made the marble group known as the Farnese Bull (Roman copy National Museum, Naples), based on the legend of Amphion. The sculpture depicts Zethus and Amphion tying the vengeful Dirce to the tail of a bull.



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