Apollo & the Muses - Lisbon, Portugal
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N 38° 42.875 W 009° 08.379
29S E 487859 N 4285113
The Teatro Nacional de D. Maria II which was constructed between 1842 and 1846. Apollo and the Muses are represented on its frieze.
Waymark Code: WMKRD1
Location: Lisboa, Portugal
Date Posted: 05/21/2014
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The frieze of the Teatro Nacional de D. Maria II depicts a man and several women lounging in classical Greek style. The central figure portrays a man seated and playing a lyre while there are four women on one side and three women with an angel on the other. Two of the women also play lyres while one holds a horn.
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Wikipedia's article on the Theatre identifies the figures as Apollo and the Muses. (
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Apollo is the son of Zeus and the Greek and Roman "...god of light and the sun, truth and prophecy, healing, plague, music, poetry." (
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And the Muses are "...goddesses of the inspiration of literature, science and the arts." (
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