Description:
ca. late 19th or early 20th century plaster cast of a Parian marble original dating to the Classical Period, ca. 460 BCE. Athena stands, clothed in a helmet and peplos, leaning with her left arm on a long spear and resting her right hand on her hip. Interpretations of this relief vary; there is some consensus that the depicted Athena is mourning, but others see a contemplative or exhausted goddess. The original sculpture, which may have originally been used as a race course marker, after which this cast is made is located at the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece.
Provenience: Greece, Athens, Acropolis (original)
Tags:
ancient; archaeology; reproductions Link to share this object record:
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