PIRAEUS ATHENA

 The Piraeus Athena is a Greek bronze statue dated to the fourth century BCE. Named for the city in which it was found, it currently resides in the Archaeological Museum of Piraeus.

PIRAEUS ATHENA

Statue of Athena (the so-called "Piraeus Athena").

Bronze.

340-330 BC.

Height 2.35 m.

Athens, Archaeological Museum of Piraeus.

The statue was discovered, among others, in 1959 in Piraeus, at the intersection of Georgiou and Philo streets in a storage room near the ancient harbor. The sculpture was hidden in this room from Sulla's troops in 86 BC.

Description:

The goddess is dressed in a diagonal aegis and a Doric peplos, a large fold of which, thrown back, covers her shoulders. The Corinthian helmet is decorated with two images of an owl. In her left hand, Athena holds a spear, in her right - a vessel for sacrificial libation. The statue is attributed to Kephisodotus or Euphranor. It is either an original work from the 4th century BC or a work of the Hellenistic period, executed in a classicizing style.

Source: museum annotation.

Ancient Greek and Roman art