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| | Qwika - Apollo |
 | | In later times, Apollo became partly confused or equated with Helios, god of the sun, and his sister similarly equated with Selene, god of the moon, particularly in religious contexts. |
 | | In the late 2nd century floor mosaic from El Djem, Roman Thysdrus, (illustration, right), he is identifiable as Apollo Helios by his effulgent halo, though now even a god's divine nakedness is concealed by his cloak, a mark of increasing conventions of modesty in the later Empire. |
 | | Anther haloed Apollo in mosaic, from Hadrumentum, is in the museum at Sousse [1].The conventions of this representation, head tilted, lips slightly parted, large-eyed, curling hair cut in locks grazing the neck, were developed in the 3rd century BCE to depict Alexander the Great (Bieber 1964, Yalouris 1980). |
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