Libation of Apollo kylix 480-470 BCE
"Nothing is past belief that is wrought by the care of the Gods. Then Delos-born Apollo carried the old man to the Hyperboreans, with his daughters of slender ankle, and there gave him rest..."
-Bacchylides, The Poems and Fragments: Page 261 (291 of 558 in pdf link below)
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| Cylix of Apollo with chelys lyre and his raven, pouring libation, white-ground bowl, circa 480 BC. Delphi, Archaeological Museum. |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylix_of_Apollo
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_black_bird_AM_Delphi_8140_-_large.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_black_bird_AM_Delphi_8140.jpg
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