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K8.7 ATHENA

Athena | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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.

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Athena