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Apollo is a common theme in Greek and Roman art and also in the art of the Renaissance.

The earliest Greek word for a statue is " delight " ( άγαλμα: agalma ), and the sculptors tried to create forms which would inspire such guiding vision.

Greek art puts into Apollo the highest degree of power and beauty that can be imagined.

The sculptors derived this from observations on human beings, but they also embodied in concrete form, issues beyond the reach of ordinary thought.