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This bronze(!) statue of Athena is larger than life size—almost 8 ft. [2.35 m.] tall. It may have originally been from Delos. Two owls and two griffins adorn her Corinthian helmet. The statue dates to ca. 360 B.C. She held a spear in her left hand and a libation bowl—or an owl or a Nike—in her right. Note the diagonal belt bordered by snakes that contains a Gorgon's head.
Her weight is resting on her right foot and her left leg is slightly flexed. This statue, along with three others, was found in 1959 during building excavations in Piraeus. They were found as a group and although deposited at the same time, they were crafted at different periods. They were probably deposited in the first century B.C.
