APOLLO Belvidere, one in the first class of the ancient statues. The excellence of this statue consists in the expression of something divine, whereas the rest excel only in things that are common to men. This statue may perhaps justly enough claim the preference, even in the superior and distinguished class of the best remains of all antiquity. There are about twenty ancient statues which the moderns have discovered that are referred to the first class, and considered each as the chief beauty in its kind.