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Varvakeion Athena, from Athens, 2nd century. Artist: Unknown.

Varvakeion Athena, from Athens, 2nd century. Artist: Unknown.

2-668-970 - © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford/Heritage Images

Varvakeion Athena, from Athens, 2nd century. Stauette of Athena Parthenos dressed in sleeveless peplos girt at the waist with two snakes. She wears aegis, sandals, and helmet withthree crests shaped as a sphinx and two pegasoi. She holds a shield at her left side, behind which curls a snake. Dimensions: height: 94 cm

Image Details

People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
After
  1. Phidias: Greek: Architect, sculptor, painter
Medium
  1. Marble
Picture Type
  1. Object
Category Hierarchy

Religion & Belief Mythology

Artistic Representations Portraits

History & Politics Artefacts

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 1448x2679
File Size : 11,365kb

Aliases

  1. CG:C-76
  1. CG_C_76-a
  1. 0870000579
  1. 2-668-970
  1. 2668970
  1. CG:D-41

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