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Soranin at 18:12, 10 May 2026

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	The identity of this statue, if any, is questionable, imo. This has no specific identifying markers, especially related to [[Apollo]] (Python, lyre, sun symbolism), and this same statue stands for (''what I can remember off the top of my head'') [[Hermes Trismegistus\|Hermes]] in the [[Drogarati Cave]] on [[Kephallonia]], and for Argus the All-Seeing at the [[Panoptes the Forest Guardian\|campsite]] of the [[Daughters of Artemis]] in [[Argolis]], I'm tempted to mark this for deletion. Opinions? [[User:Sadelyrate\|Sadelyrate]] ([[~~w:c:assassinscreed:~~User talk:Sadelyrate\|siniath]]) 14:47, April 16, 2019 (UTC)		The identity of this statue, if any, is questionable, imo. This has no specific identifying markers, especially related to [[Apollo]] (Python, lyre, sun symbolism), and this same statue stands for (''what I can remember off the top of my head'') [[Hermes Trismegistus\|Hermes]] in the [[Drogarati Cave]] on [[Kephallonia]], and for Argus the All-Seeing at the [[Panoptes the Forest Guardian\|campsite]] of the [[Daughters of Artemis]] in [[Argolis]], I'm tempted to mark this for deletion. Opinions? [[User:Sadelyrate\|Sadelyrate]] ([[User talk:Sadelyrate\|siniath]]) 14:47, April 16, 2019 (UTC)
	:It appears to have been maed as such by process of elimination. All the other statues in this series of images ''do'' have identifying objects in place that allow names to be given, with the exception of Apollo. --'''''[[User:Jasca Ducato\|Jasca Ducato]]''''' <small>([[User talk:Jasca Ducato\|talk]] \| [[Special:Contributions/Jasca Ducato\|contributions]])</small> 15:00, April 16, 2019 (UTC)		:It appears to have been maed as such by process of elimination. All the other statues in this series of images ''do'' have identifying objects in place that allow names to be given, with the exception of Apollo. --'''''[[User:Jasca Ducato\|Jasca Ducato]]''''' <small>([[User talk:Jasca Ducato\|talk]] \| [[Special:Contributions/Jasca Ducato\|contributions]])</small> 15:00, April 16, 2019 (UTC)
	::True, that. Can't really just call it the 'Statue of the pretty adolescent'...which fits a number of Greek deities, in one aspect or another. Including Zeus. [[User:Sadelyrate\|Sadelyrate]] ([[~~w:c:assassinscreed:~~User talk:Sadelyrate\|siniath]]) 15:03, April 16, 2019 (UTC)		::True, that. Can't really just call it the 'Statue of the pretty adolescent'...which fits a number of Greek deities, in one aspect or another. Including Zeus. [[User:Sadelyrate\|Sadelyrate]] ([[User talk:Sadelyrate\|siniath]]) 15:03, April 16, 2019 (UTC)

	==Discovered the basis==		==Discovered the basis==
	Was looking into something else, but ran into [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Istanbul_-_Museo_archeol._-_Alessandro_Magno_(firmata_Menas)_-_sec._III_a.C._-_da_Magnesia_-_Foto_G._Dall%27Orto_28-5-2006_b-n.jpg this] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander1256.jpg another view]), and it rung a bell. It's a 3rd century BCE statue of [[Alexander the Great]], signed "Menas", located currently in Istanbul Archaeology Museum. Like Herakles, Alexander was deified as well. [[User:Sadelyrate\|Sadelyrate]] ([[~~w:c:assassinscreed:~~User talk:Sadelyrate\|siniath]]) 18:01, February 22, 2020 (UTC)		Was looking into something else, but ran into [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Istanbul_-_Museo_archeol._-_Alessandro_Magno_(firmata_Menas)_-_sec._III_a.C._-_da_Magnesia_-_Foto_G._Dall%27Orto_28-5-2006_b-n.jpg this] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander1256.jpg another view]), and it rung a bell. It's a 3rd century BCE statue of [[Alexander the Great]], signed "Menas", located currently in Istanbul Archaeology Museum. Like Herakles, Alexander was deified as well. [[User:Sadelyrate\|Sadelyrate]] ([[User talk:Sadelyrate\|siniath]]) 18:01, February 22, 2020 (UTC)
	:Given this, as well as the fact that nowhere in either ''Origins'' or ''Odyssey'' is the statue specifically tied to being Apollo (unlike, say, Hebe's-statue-as-[[Demeter]]'s), I suggest that its status as depicting Apollo is removed. Unless or until as official as possible source can confirm otherwise. [[User:Sadelyrate\|Sadelyrate]] ([[~~w:c:assassinscreed:~~User talk:Sadelyrate\|siniath]]) 18:24, February 22, 2020 (UTC)		:Given this, as well as the fact that nowhere in either ''Origins'' or ''Odyssey'' is the statue specifically tied to being Apollo (unlike, say, Hebe's-statue-as-[[Demeter]]'s), I suggest that its status as depicting Apollo is removed. Unless or until as official as possible source can confirm otherwise. [[User:Sadelyrate\|Sadelyrate]] ([[User talk:Sadelyrate\|siniath]]) 18:24, February 22, 2020 (UTC)

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	Was looking into something else, but ran into [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Istanbul_-_Museo_archeol._-_Alessandro_Magno_(firmata_Menas)_-_sec._III_a.C._-_da_Magnesia_-_Foto_G._Dall%27Orto_28-5-2006_b-n.jpg this] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander1256.jpg another view]), and it rung a bell. It's a 3rd century BCE statue of [[Alexander the Great]], signed "Menas", located currently in Istanbul Archaeology Museum. Like Herakles, Alexander was deified as well. [[User:Sadelyrate\|Sadelyrate]] ([[w:c:assassinscreed:User talk:Sadelyrate\|siniath]]) 18:01, February 22, 2020 (UTC)		Was looking into something else, but ran into [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Istanbul_-_Museo_archeol._-_Alessandro_Magno_(firmata_Menas)_-_sec._III_a.C._-_da_Magnesia_-_Foto_G._Dall%27Orto_28-5-2006_b-n.jpg this] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander1256.jpg another view]), and it rung a bell. It's a 3rd century BCE statue of [[Alexander the Great]], signed "Menas", located currently in Istanbul Archaeology Museum. Like Herakles, Alexander was deified as well. [[User:Sadelyrate\|Sadelyrate]] ([[w:c:assassinscreed:User talk:Sadelyrate\|siniath]]) 18:01, February 22, 2020 (UTC)
			:Given this, as well as the fact that nowhere in either ''Origins'' or ''Odyssey'' is the statue specifically tied to being Apollo (unlike, say, Hebe's-statue-as-[[Demeter]]'s), I suggest that its status as depicting Apollo is removed. Unless or until as official as possible source can confirm otherwise. [[User:Sadelyrate\|Sadelyrate]] ([[w:c:assassinscreed:User talk:Sadelyrate\|siniath]]) 18:24, February 22, 2020 (UTC)

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	:It appears to have been maed as such by process of elimination. All the other statues in this series of images ''do'' have identifying objects in place that allow names to be given, with the exception of Apollo. --'''''[[User:Jasca Ducato\|Jasca Ducato]]''''' <small>([[User talk:Jasca Ducato\|talk]] \| [[Special:Contributions/Jasca Ducato\|contributions]])</small> 15:00, April 16, 2019 (UTC)		:It appears to have been maed as such by process of elimination. All the other statues in this series of images ''do'' have identifying objects in place that allow names to be given, with the exception of Apollo. --'''''[[User:Jasca Ducato\|Jasca Ducato]]''''' <small>([[User talk:Jasca Ducato\|talk]] \| [[Special:Contributions/Jasca Ducato\|contributions]])</small> 15:00, April 16, 2019 (UTC)
	::True, that. Can't really just call it the 'Statue of the pretty adolescent'...which fits a number of Greek deities, in one aspect or another. Including Zeus. [[User:Sadelyrate\|Sadelyrate]] ([[w:c:assassinscreed:User talk:Sadelyrate\|siniath]]) 15:03, April 16, 2019 (UTC)		::True, that. Can't really just call it the 'Statue of the pretty adolescent'...which fits a number of Greek deities, in one aspect or another. Including Zeus. [[User:Sadelyrate\|Sadelyrate]] ([[w:c:assassinscreed:User talk:Sadelyrate\|siniath]]) 15:03, April 16, 2019 (UTC)

			==Discovered the basis==
			Was looking into something else, but ran into [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Istanbul_-_Museo_archeol._-_Alessandro_Magno_(firmata_Menas)_-_sec._III_a.C._-_da_Magnesia_-_Foto_G._Dall%27Orto_28-5-2006_b-n.jpg this] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander1256.jpg another view]), and it rung a bell. It's a 3rd century BCE statue of [[Alexander the Great]], signed "Menas", located currently in Istanbul Archaeology Museum. Like Herakles, Alexander was deified as well. [[User:Sadelyrate\|Sadelyrate]] ([[w:c:assassinscreed:User talk:Sadelyrate\|siniath]]) 18:01, February 22, 2020 (UTC)

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	The identity of this statue, if any, is questionable, imo. This has no specific identifying markers, especially related to [[Apollo]] (Python, lyre, sun symbolism), and this same statue stands for (''what I can remember off the top of my head'') [[Hermes Trismegistus\|Hermes]] in the [[Drogarati Cave]] on [[Kephallonia]], and for Argus the All-Seeing at the [[Panoptes the Forest Guardian\|campsite]] of the [[Daughters of Artemis]] in [[Argolis]], I'm tempted to mark this for deletion. Opinions? [[User:Sadelyrate\|Sadelyrate]] ([[w:c:assassinscreed:User talk:Sadelyrate\|siniath]]) 14:47, April 16, 2019 (UTC)		The identity of this statue, if any, is questionable, imo. This has no specific identifying markers, especially related to [[Apollo]] (Python, lyre, sun symbolism), and this same statue stands for (''what I can remember off the top of my head'') [[Hermes Trismegistus\|Hermes]] in the [[Drogarati Cave]] on [[Kephallonia]], and for Argus the All-Seeing at the [[Panoptes the Forest Guardian\|campsite]] of the [[Daughters of Artemis]] in [[Argolis]], I'm tempted to mark this for deletion. Opinions? [[User:Sadelyrate\|Sadelyrate]] ([[w:c:assassinscreed:User talk:Sadelyrate\|siniath]]) 14:47, April 16, 2019 (UTC)
	:It appears to have been maed as such by process of elimination. All the other statues in this series of images ''do'' have identifying objects in place that allow names to be given, with the exception of Apollo. --'''''[[User:Jasca Ducato\|Jasca Ducato]]''''' <small>([[User talk:Jasca Ducato\|talk]] \| [[Special:Contributions/Jasca Ducato\|contributions]])</small> 15:00, April 16, 2019 (UTC)		:It appears to have been maed as such by process of elimination. All the other statues in this series of images ''do'' have identifying objects in place that allow names to be given, with the exception of Apollo. --'''''[[User:Jasca Ducato\|Jasca Ducato]]''''' <small>([[User talk:Jasca Ducato\|talk]] \| [[Special:Contributions/Jasca Ducato\|contributions]])</small> 15:00, April 16, 2019 (UTC)
			::True, that. Can't really just call it the 'Statue of the pretty adolescent'...which fits a number of Greek deities, in one aspect or another. Including Zeus. [[User:Sadelyrate\|Sadelyrate]] ([[w:c:assassinscreed:User talk:Sadelyrate\|siniath]]) 15:03, April 16, 2019 (UTC)

imported>Jasca Ducato: /* Apollo? */

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	The identity of this statue, if any, is questionable, imo. This has no specific identifying markers, especially related to [[Apollo]] (Python, lyre, sun symbolism), and this same statue stands for (''what I can remember off the top of my head'') [[Hermes Trismegistus\|Hermes]] in the [[Drogarati Cave]] on [[Kephallonia]], and for Argus the All-Seeing at the [[Panoptes the Forest Guardian\|campsite]] of the [[Daughters of Artemis]] in [[Argolis]], I'm tempted to mark this for deletion. Opinions? [[User:Sadelyrate\|Sadelyrate]] ([[w:c:assassinscreed:User talk:Sadelyrate\|siniath]]) 14:47, April 16, 2019 (UTC)		The identity of this statue, if any, is questionable, imo. This has no specific identifying markers, especially related to [[Apollo]] (Python, lyre, sun symbolism), and this same statue stands for (''what I can remember off the top of my head'') [[Hermes Trismegistus\|Hermes]] in the [[Drogarati Cave]] on [[Kephallonia]], and for Argus the All-Seeing at the [[Panoptes the Forest Guardian\|campsite]] of the [[Daughters of Artemis]] in [[Argolis]], I'm tempted to mark this for deletion. Opinions? [[User:Sadelyrate\|Sadelyrate]] ([[w:c:assassinscreed:User talk:Sadelyrate\|siniath]]) 14:47, April 16, 2019 (UTC)
			:It appears to have been maed as such by process of elimination. All the other statues in this series of images ''do'' have identifying objects in place that allow names to be given, with the exception of Apollo. --'''''[[User:Jasca Ducato\|Jasca Ducato]]''''' <small>([[User talk:Jasca Ducato\|talk]] \| [[Special:Contributions/Jasca Ducato\|contributions]])</small> 15:00, April 16, 2019 (UTC)

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==Apollo?==
The identity of this statue, if any, is questionable, imo. This has no specific identifying markers, especially related to [[Apollo]] (Python, lyre, sun symbolism), and this same statue stands for (''what I can remember off the top of my head'') [[Hermes Trismegistus|Hermes]] in the [[Drogarati Cave]] on [[Kephallonia]], and for Argus the All-Seeing at the [[Panoptes the Forest Guardian|campsite]] of the [[Daughters of Artemis]] in [[Argolis]], I'm tempted to mark this for deletion. Opinions? [[User:Sadelyrate|Sadelyrate]] ([[w:c:assassinscreed:User talk:Sadelyrate|siniath]]) 14:47, April 16, 2019 (UTC)