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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure EUR-gre-005. Helmeted goddess Athena in the Parthenos (Virgin) aspect wearing scaly torso-aegis with snakes-fringe and gorgoneion (the severed head of Gorgon Medusa), snake-bracelets on both of her wrists, holding a statuette of the goddess Nike in her right hand with her left resting on the aspis (hoplon?) shield, with the oikouros ophis (sacred snake) rearing beside. |
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| White Pentelic marble, red and yellow paint (traces) |
Sculpture (Varvakeion Athena, carved statue) |
Unknown | Roman Imperial, 200-250 AD (Clas-sicizing Roman re-working, inspired by a chryselephan- tine Greek model of Athena Parthenos from the Parthenon by Phidias (480-430 BC), Middle Classical, 446-438 BC) |
Varvakeio High School, Psychiko, Athens, Attica, Central Greece |
National Archaeologi-cal Museum, Athens, Inventory № ? |
| Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First Greek Expedition, 30 April - 22 May 2009). All artefacts will be available for viewing in the Compendium's respective volumes after the completion of the fully integrated iconographic database. Some of the artefacts will be represented by several figures (offering a general view and details). |
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