The Bronze Statuette of Athena
The severe pose of the figure and the plainly arranged folds of her Doric peplos (dress) recall the sculptures of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia and, above all, the Athena on the metope of Augeias.
Circa 450 BCE
Height 0.14 m
Archaeological Museum of Sparta, Greece


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