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Low angle view of a statue of the Greek goddess Athena holding a spear and shield, set against a clear blue sky. Athena in the Gigantomachy Lucas Cranach: The Judgment of Paris Engraving by W. Walker showing a woman in classical dress pointing toward a spider in a web near a window, with weaving tools scattered around her, illustrating Arachne's transformation from Greek mythology. The Temple of Athena Nike The gilded statue Athena Parthenos by Alan LeQuire stands inside a replica of the Parthenon in Nashville, holding a shield and a small winged figure. Pallas Athena fountain The “judgment of Paris,” Hermes leading Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite to Paris, detail of a red-figure kylix by Hieron, 6th century bc; in the Collection of Classical Antiquities of the National Museums in Berlin. relief of the Pensive Athena Marble statue of Athena standing upright, wearing draped robes and a head covering, holding a scroll in each hand against a textured stone background.
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Leonidas Drosis: Statue of Pallas Athena
Statue of Greek goddess Athena by Leonidas Drosis, Athens.
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Athena in the Gigantomachy
A 19th-century illustration in which Athena is fighting the Giant Enceladus.
© clu—Digital Vision Vectors/Getty Images
Lucas Cranach: The Judgment of Paris
The Judgment of Paris, oil on wood by Lucas Cranach, 1530; in the Staatliche...
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Athena transforms Arachne into a spider
The transformation of Arachne into a spider, engraving after Charles Eisen for a...
Kean Collection—Archive Photos/Getty Images
The Temple of Athena Nike
Athens: The Temple of Athena Nike on the Acropolis, built in the 5th century
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Alan LeQuire: Athena Parthenos
Athena Parthenos, full-scale replica of Phidias's chryselephantine sculpture,...
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Pallas Athena fountain
Fountain featuring a statue of Pallas Athena, at the main entrance of the Parliament...
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The “judgment of Paris,” Hermes leading Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite to Paris, detail...
Antikenabteilung, Staatliche Mussen zu Berlin—Preussischer Kulturbesitz
relief of the Pensive Athena
Pensive Athena, relief sculpture from the Acropolis, Athens, c. 460
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Athena.
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the gods on Olympus
The gods on Olympus: Athena, Zeus, Dionysus, Hera, and Aphrodite. Detail of a painting...
Alinari/Art Resource, New York
Athena Parthenos
The Varvakeion, a Roman marble copy (c. ad...
Alinari/Art Resource, New York
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