Images Dated 29th February 2012

Athena. Statue. Goddess of Wisdom and War. From Rome 2nd

Athena. Rome 2nd century AD. Marble. The helmet is pushed up on her forehead. It was decorated with a sphinx, while the cheek guards have ram's horns in relief. Monsters on helmets and shields were to scare the enemy and protect the bearer against evil. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen, Denmark

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Athena Parthenos. Amelia, Italy. AD 100-150. Bust

Athena Parthenos. Amelia, Italy. AD 100-150. Bust. Marble. The goddess wears a helmet crowned by a sphinx flanked by winged horses. It is a copy of the gold and ivory statue by Phidias originally in the Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen, Denmark

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Bacchus with satyr and panther. Marble

Bacchus (Roman) also known as Dionysus (Greek). God of the grape harvest in classical mythology. Statue of Bacchus with satyr and panther. From roman Villa of Pozzuoli, near Naples, Italy. 2nd century AD. Marble. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen, Denmark

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