APLU

APLU: translation

   The Etruscan divinity considered equivalent to the Greek Apollo. The coastal Etruscan cities (particularly Caere) appear to have had close links to Apollo (particularly through the sanctuary of Delphi). From the sixth century, he is depicted as an archer with long hair or as a lyre player in long dress, with a laurel bough and crown, generally handsome. The terracotta statute of Veii (circa 510 BC), from the Portonaccio temple, has him striding forward facing Hercle in contest over the Kerynaean deer, one of the adventures of Hercle.