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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 3411735, member: 5833"]Fridolina is hot on the trail. To date I have seen only 2 versions of this cameo. Ones like Simona's (this one is mine):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]302283[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And ones like this, from my files:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]302282[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As Fridolina picked up, the laurel wreath is an attribute of the Muses, among other figures, & the scroll is the attribute of the Muse Clio. The second version has a double flute in place of the scroll, the attribute of Euterpe, Muse of Music. (Presumably secular music since Polyhymnia is Muse of Sacred Music.)</p><p><br /></p><p>However, there are 2 other features to consider: the robe & the hairstyle. If you imagine the continuation of the figure below the truncation, you can see that the robe/stole would leave one side of the chest bare. This might work for Venus, but most of the time it indicates a male figure. The hairstyle is one you'll also see on <a href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/olympian-gods/diana-artemis" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/olympian-gods/diana-artemis" rel="nofollow">Diana/Artemis</a>. Putting it all together, it adds up to Apollo, brother of Diana, in his role as leader of the Muses.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 3411735, member: 5833"]Fridolina is hot on the trail. To date I have seen only 2 versions of this cameo. Ones like Simona's (this one is mine): [ATTACH=full]302283[/ATTACH] And ones like this, from my files: [ATTACH=full]302282[/ATTACH] As Fridolina picked up, the laurel wreath is an attribute of the Muses, among other figures, & the scroll is the attribute of the Muse Clio. The second version has a double flute in place of the scroll, the attribute of Euterpe, Muse of Music. (Presumably secular music since Polyhymnia is Muse of Sacred Music.) However, there are 2 other features to consider: the robe & the hairstyle. If you imagine the continuation of the figure below the truncation, you can see that the robe/stole would leave one side of the chest bare. This might work for Venus, but most of the time it indicates a male figure. The hairstyle is one you'll also see on [URL='https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/olympian-gods/diana-artemis']Diana/Artemis[/URL]. Putting it all together, it adds up to Apollo, brother of Diana, in his role as leader of the Muses.[/QUOTE]
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