T735, ABARIS RECEIVING THE ARROW FROM APOLLO [PRIEST OF APOLLO WHO, WITH THE HELP OF THAT GOD, FLED FROM SCYTHIA (IN THE CAUCASUS) TO GREECE TO AVOID A PLAGUE. APOLLO GAVE HIM A GOLDEN ARROW WHICH CURED DISEASES AND SPOKE ORACLES. THE ARROW ALSO RENDERED THE PRIEST INVISIBLE AND MADE HIM RIDE THROUGH THE SKY.]
- Reference Number: T735
- Description: ABARIS RECEIVING THE ARROW FROM APOLLO [PRIEST OF APOLLO WHO, WITH THE HELP OF THAT GOD, FLED FROM SCYTHIA (IN THE CAUCASUS) TO GREECE TO AVOID A PLAGUE. APOLLO GAVE HIM A GOLDEN ARROW WHICH CURED DISEASES AND SPOKE ORACLES. THE ARROW ALSO RENDERED THE PRIEST INVISIBLE AND MADE HIM RIDE THROUGH THE SKY.]
- Inscription Greek: ΓΝΑΙΟΣ
- Signature: Gnaios
- Literary Source Record: Herodotus
Pindar - Current Collection: Unknown
- Previous Collections:
- Catalogue des pierres graves antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833)
- Christie's, London
- Prendeville, J.: Explanatory catalogue of the proof-impressions of the antique gems possessed by the late Prince Poniatowski and now in the possession of John Tyrrell, Esq. (1841)
- Monson, (Lord)
- Christie's, London
- Sotheby's, London
- Sharp, (Samuel)
- Sotheby's, London
- Antiquities Alberto Di Castro, Rome
- Material: Sardonyx
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