Apollo's obelisk

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Among the fragments found in front of the Library, Leon Rey revealed a limestone monolith, which was then reassembled and replaced by Albanian archaeologists on the upper terrace. This object relates to the worshiped Apollo Agyieus as the protector of roads and houses. This kind of representation is found widely on ancient coins, sculptures and frescoes out of which can be developed the full object molding: over a platform there stand vertically a ornamented cylinder around which is Apollo's lyre as well as the bow and quiver of Artemis, like we see on a bas-relief preserved in Rome. These monuments of ancient origin recognized a new craze at the time of Augustus, but in Apollonia these monuments have probably been present throughout its history. Indeed, several Agyieus elements were found in the city. They could also serve as gnomons for a sundial.