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Mourning Athena

Mourning Athena

sculpture · Parian marble · 459 BCE

The so-called Mourning Athena is an Athenian marble relief dated circa 460 BC which depicts Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare and patron-deity of the city of Athens. The relief is 0.48 m high and made of Parian marble. Today it is displayed at the Acropolis Museum in Athens, with inventory no. 695.

material
Parian marble
held at
Acropolis Museum
inv. no.
695

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found at
Acropolis of Athens
now in
Acropolis Museum
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