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Apollonius, of Tralles. Farnese bull

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Personal name headingApollonius, of Tralles. Farnese bull
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Variant(s)Apollonius, of Tralles. Punishment of Dirke
Tauriscus, of Tralles. Farnese bull
Apollonius, of Tralles. Toro farnese
Farnese bull
Found inWork cat.: 92-119856: Il Toro farnese : la "montagna di marmo" tra Roma e Napoli, c1991 (Statue, late Hellenistic, in marble, depicting punishment of Dirce as she is being tied to a bull by her stepsons. At present, a copy of original marble sculpture is in the Museo archeologico nazionale di Napoli)
Britannica online, viewed Jan. 24, 2012: (Apollonius and Tauriscus of Tralles sculpted a marble group known as the "Farnese bull" depicting Dirce being tied to the horns of a bull)
Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, 1844 v. 1, p. 244 (Apollonius and Tauriscus of Tralles sculpted the group commonly known as the Farnese bull)
Grove art online, viewed Jan. 24, 2012: (Farnese bull; the marble work currently in the archeological museum in Naples is considered to be a Roman enlarged and modified version of the one by pollonius and Tauriscus of Tralles)
From Pergamon to Sperlonga, c2000 p. 307 (Farnese bull; Punishment of Dirke)
Baedeker. Southern Italy and Sicily (Farnese bull (Toro Farnese) free and enlarged copy. Found in 1540 in the Thermae of Caracalla)
Hachette. Guide to Italy (Largest group of sculpture to have survived from antiquity. Museo archeologico di Napoli houses the Farnese collection, Farnese bull part of it)
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