All these poems, however, have long since perished. […] His long curling hair hangs loose, or bound with the strophium behind ; his brows are wreathed with bay ; in his hands he bears his bow or lyre. […] Apollo is represented as full of manly vigour, with long unshorn locks, armed with a golden sword and a bow and quiver, from which he sends forth deadly arrows. […] After a long struggle against it, she gratified it by the aid of her nurse, unknown to its object745. […] As this is her constant title in Homer, it is manifest that she had long been regarded as the tutelar deity of Athens.