Sauroctonus

"Lizard-slayer." A surname of Apollo.

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Iconography

A marble copy of an original by Praxiteles depicts a youthful Apollo leaning against a tree, poised to strike at a lizard with an arrow (ca. 1st-2nd century CE; Louvre).

References

Sources

  • Bartelink, Dr. G.J.M. (1988). Prisma van de mythologie. Utrecht: Het Spectrum.
  • Pliny the Elder. Naturalis Historia xxxiv, 70.