Her most famous temples were at Olympia, Argos, and Samos*. […] Her most ancient temple was situated opposite the Forum. […] The most beautiful and most celebrated of all the statues of Apollo is the “Apollo Belvedere*,” which was discovered in 1503, near Antium, and is now in the Vatican. […] The most celebrated among them was the Bœotian nymph Echo. […] The most ancient are those which describe men as having sprung from the earth.