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Show Calculation of Size of Statue of Apollo The famous problem concerning the size of the colossal statue of Apollo on the Island of Delos, which has worried wor-ried so many savants, has finally been solved. We are familiar with the Delos Apollo only in miniature, as represented represent-ed on the Attic tetradrachm. an ancient an-cient Greek coin, where the god s shown holding the three Graces in his right hand. t a recent meeting of the academy of inscriptions Theodore Reinach announced an-nounced that he had calculated, wtth Uie aid of history as well as mathematics, mathe-matics, the size of Apollo and the three Graces. This archaic colossus at Pelos was the masterpiece, in gild 'f wood, of the sculptors Teclaois am An gel hn who flourished between S.xl nd r.:!0 B- C. The three Graces, which were not grouped, but separated and erect, bore, respectively, the zyther, the double flute and the pipes of Pan. They stood In the palm of Apollo's right hand. In his left hand he carried a bow. The colossus and its three statues were destroyed by fire. With the assistance of a Dellan Inscription In-scription which mentioned the weight of the gold crowns designed for the god and the Graces, M. Reinach estimated esti-mated the relative heights of the figures fig-ures as eight meters for the Apollo and one meter eighty centimeters for each of the Graces From Le Figaro Ilebdomadaire, Paris. Translated for the Kansas City Star. |
