This is from the Oxford Classical
Dictionary, 1999 Edition, New York.
The Enciclopedia Italiana
below was published in Rome in 1949.
The material about Apollonius can be found in Volume III.
This statue of Apollonius of "Nestore"
is housed in Rome's Museo delle Terme, or Museum of the Baths.
The acclaimed Farnese Bull, shown below, was found in the ruins
of the Baths of Caracalla.
There is a distinct "Number 11 Scar" carved into this
statue above Apollonius' left eyebrow.
This is probably a statue of Apollonius, dirty and sweaty before
he took his bath.
Hestiaeus Tauriscus probably sculpted this statue as well as the
three busts of his brother Apollonius.
The bust of Apollonius is housed
in the Museo Nazionale in Naples.
The famous Herculean "torso" by Apollonius and Tauriscus
is housed in the Vatican Museum.
The Farnese Bull by Apollonius and
Tauriscus is also housed in Naples' Museo Nazionale.
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