
Athena Mourning
photoA votive relief about 24 in. [60 cm.] high depicting a contemplative Athena. Leaning on a spear, her head tilts down slightly as she looks at a stele of some sort — possibly a boundary marker of a temple or a gravestone. On her head she wears a tilted back Corinthian Helmet.
Keywords:Greece · South · Athens · Acropolis Museum · Athena Mourning Weeping · Spear · Corinthian Helmet · Peplos · Chiton · Stele