K8.7 ATHENA
Museum Collection | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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Catalogue No. | New York 25.189.1 |
Beazley Archive No. | - |
Ware | Attic Red Figure |
Shape | Lekythos |
Painter | Attributed to the Brygos Painter |
Date | ca. 480 - 470 B.C. |
Period | Classical |
DESCRIPTION
Athena stands holding a spear and the decorated stern of a trireme warship. The latter, known as an aphlaston, symbolized a naval victory. She wears a peaked helm, earrings, coiled bracelets and a long cloak and robe.