The Piraeus (Peiraeus) Athena. Detail of the head with preserved inlaid eyes. Either an original of the 4th c. BCE, or a classicizing Hellenistic copy.

According to the museum's label: "The goddess wears a Doric peplos, with a large overfold raised in back so as to cover her shoulders, and a diagonal aegis. Two owls adorn her Corinthian helmet. She held a spear in her left hand and a libation bowl in her right hand. The statue has been attributed to Kephisodotos or Euphranor."

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Art Athena Athens Bronze Hellenistic Martial Original Photo Piraeus Archaeological Museum