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Athena, Protective Deity of Athens
A marble statue of Athena, the protective deity of Athens. Replica of a Greek original, most likely from Italy, either c. 100 BCE or 100-200 CE. (Musee du Louvre Abu Dhabi)
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Athena Bust, Vatican Museums
The colossal head of Athena from an acrolith statue dating to the late 1st century CE and believed to be a copy of an original by Phidias. Provenance: Tor Paterno. (The Vatican Museums, Rome).
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Seated Athena Dish from the Hildesheim Silver Treasure
This Dish or drinking cup is part of the so-called "Hildesheim Silver Treasure" and depicts a medallion of a seated figure of Athena/Minerva wearing a triple-crested helmet. The Hildesheim silver treasure, consisting of more than 70 pieces...
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Alkyoneus the Giant Killed by Athena
Detail from the Pergamon Altar's frieze (The frieze depicts the Gigantomachy); built in 2nd century BCE; Today in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. The detail is part of a scene where Athena kills the giant by separating him from the Earth.
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The Birth of Athena
The birth of Athena from the head of Zeus and with Eileithyia looking on. Black-figure amphora, made in Athens, c. 550-525 BCE.
Louvre Museum, Paris.
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Athena from the Library of Pergamon
A statue of the Greek goddess Athena from the Library of Pergamon. 200-150 BCE. Height: 310.5 cm. (Pergamon Museum, Berlin)
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Boeotian Figurine of Athena
A rare polychromatic terracotta version of the chryselephantine statue of Athena Parthenos, which stood in the Parthenon and was a work of Pheidias, of the years 447/6-438 BCE. Perhaps from Vathy, Avlis District, Boeotia. Boeotian workshop...
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Athena, Silver Tetradrachm
Athena from an Athenian silver tetradrachm, 5th century BCE. (Numismatics Museum of Athens)
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Pegasus & Athena, Corinthian Silver Stater
Silver stater from Corinth, 386-307 BCE. O: Pegasus. R: Head of Athena.
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A Tour in Ancient Athens
Athens is mostly associated with its ancient past rather than its modern turbulent state of the latest two hundred years. While walking the centre of the luminous city, the visitor can easily observe both ends of Hellenic culture. The city...