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Mourning Athena, Acropolis Museum

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<Location> Acropolis Archaeological Museum, Acropolis, Athens, Greece

This relief is called either "Mourning Athena" or "Contemplating Athena"

Here Athena wears peplos with a belt on her waist. She wears a cask and her left hand is holding a spear, which, however, is poiting downward. What represents the rectanglar slab in front of her is not clear. Accoding to some, it is a boundary marker.

Bibliography

• Hans Rupprecht Goette, Athens, Attica, and the Megarid: an Archaeological Guide, London/ Routledge 2001, p. 45.

Other Photos of Acropolis Museum

• Brond Head
• Rampin Rider
• Moschophoros
• Prokne
• Archaic Horseman
  
• Mourning Athena
• Kekrops and his Daughter
• Gigantomachia
• Chiotissa

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