Athena Parthenos

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A votive sculpture found near the Varvakeion school reflects the type of the restored Athena Parthenos: Roman period, 2nd century CE (National Archaeological Museum of Athens).

Athena Parthenos (; literally, "Athena the Virgin") was the title of a massive chryselephantine sculpture of the Greek goddess Athena made by Phidias and housed in the Parthenon in Athens. Its epithet was an essential character of the goddess herself. A number of replicas and works inspired by it, both ancient and modern, have been made.

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Colin Delaney, "Pheidias, Sculptor to the Gods"
Colin Delaney, "Pheidias, Sculptor to the Gods"
www.perseus.tufts.edu/cl135/Students/Colin_Delaney/fathena.html - Web

Alan LeQuire Page
Alan LeQuire Page
www.alanlequire.com/athena.shtml - Web

Nashville Parthenon
Nashville Parthenon
www.nashville.gov/parthenon/ - Web

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