As you approach you notice "the statue of Athena is upright, with a tunic reaching to the feet, and on Her breast the head of Medusa is worked in ivory. She holds a statue of Victory about four cubits high, and in the other hand a spear; at Her feet lies a shield and near the spear is a serpent" (Pausanias 1.24.7). You feel the desire to: know who is the Goddess Athena, visit the rear room, visit the Museum of the Goddess Athena just next door or leave the sanctuary.