A ROMAN MARBLE FIGURE OF ATHENA

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A ROMAN MARBLE FIGURE OF ATHENA
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

The goddess stands with her weight on her left leg, her right leg bent at the knee, wearing a himation over a peplos with buttoned sleeves, and the scaley aegis centered by the facing head of Medusa, displaying synchretistic attributes including an Isis knot in the himation at the right shoulder, a snake of Hygeia at her right thigh, and the quiver of Artemis at her back, 16in. (40.6cm.) high