The so-called Mourning Athena (or Greek: Σκεπτομένη Αθηνά "Pensive Athena") is an Athenian marble relief dated circa 460 BC which depicts Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare and patron-deity of the city of Athens. The relief is 0.48 m high and made of Parian marble. Today it is displayed at the Acropolis Museum in Athens, with inventory no. 695.
so-called MourningAthena (or Greek: Σκεπτομένη Αθηνά "Pensive Athena") is an Athenian marble relief dated circa 460 BC which depicts Athena, the Greek...
statue of Athena Parthenos (Ancient Greek: Παρθένος Ἀθηνᾶ, lit. 'Athena the Virgin') was a monumental chryselephantine sculpture of the goddess Athena. Attributed...
The MourningAthena or Athena Meditating is a famous relief sculpture dating to around 470–460 BC that has been interpreted to represent Athena Polias...
670 Peplos Kore Moschophoros MourningAthena Nike Fixing her Sandal Persian Rider Procne and Itys Lemnian AthenaAthena Marsyas Group Nike of Callimachus...
23°43′36″E / 37.9715°N 23.7267°E / 37.9715; 23.7267 The Old Temple of Athena or the Archaios Neos (Greek: Ἀρχαῖος Νεώς) was an archaic Greek limestone...
"thigh-showers". On the last day of the month Pyanepsion, the priestess of Athena Polias and the Arrephoroi, a group of girls chosen to help in the making...
Goddess Roma and Augustus Soter on the Acropolis, when the priestess of Athena Polias was Megiste, daughter of Asklepiades of Halai, in the archonship...
Aristoph. Av. 1128 IG I3 895 Bruno d'Agostino, The Trojan Horse between Athena and Artemis, Annali di Archeologia e Storia Antica, 13, 2006, pp.185-195...
670 Peplos Kore Moschophoros MourningAthena Nike Fixing her Sandal Persian Rider Procne and Itys Lemnian AthenaAthena Marsyas Group Nike of Callimachus...
identifiable sculptures that have survived in copies: his Discobolus and the Athena Marsyas group. Both seemingly original in composition, these works capture...
describe the circumstances. Two maidens dwell not far from the temple of Athena Polias, called by the Athenians Bearers of the Sacred Offerings. For a time...
The Athena Marsyas Group was a bronze sculptural group by Myron that stood on the Acropolis of Athens in the high classical period, dated to c 450 BCE...
670 Peplos Kore Moschophoros MourningAthena Nike Fixing her Sandal Persian Rider Procne and Itys Lemnian AthenaAthena Marsyas Group Nike of Callimachus...
670 Peplos Kore Moschophoros MourningAthena Nike Fixing her Sandal Persian Rider Procne and Itys Lemnian AthenaAthena Marsyas Group Nike of Callimachus...
670 Peplos Kore Moschophoros MourningAthena Nike Fixing her Sandal Persian Rider Procne and Itys Lemnian AthenaAthena Marsyas Group Nike of Callimachus...
670 Peplos Kore Moschophoros MourningAthena Nike Fixing her Sandal Persian Rider Procne and Itys Lemnian AthenaAthena Marsyas Group Nike of Callimachus...
generation of Apollo and Athena. The jury vote is evenly split. Athena participates in the vote and chooses for acquittal. Athena declares Orestes acquitted...
670 Peplos Kore Moschophoros MourningAthena Nike Fixing her Sandal Persian Rider Procne and Itys Lemnian AthenaAthena Marsyas Group Nike of Callimachus...
The Athena of Velletri or Velletri Pallas is a type of classical marble statue of Athena, wearing a helmet. All statues of this type are 1st century Roman...
god Hephaestus once attempted to rape Athena, but she pushed him away, causing him to ejaculate on her thigh. Athena wiped off the semen and threw it on...
To mark the occasion, a piece from the Acropolis Museum, the famous MourningAthena, was brought on loan to the Quirinale. In 2015, Kapelis toured most...
other deities for winning the patronage of the city. According to legend, Athena became the patron goddess of the city of Athens after a competition with...
part of Mesa Verde National Park. Llantwit Major Roman Villa. The MourningAthena relief is found near the Acropolis of Athens. American Anthropologist...
Athena. Here Orestes is used as a trial dummy by Athena to set-up the first courtroom trial. He is also the object of the Furies, Apollo, and Athena....
gods and Zeus answered by sending two of his other children – Hermes and Athena – to bless their half-brother with the weapons needed to defeat Medusa....
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