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Athena wearing a Corinthian helmet with a laurel branch. Roman marble statue, close-up #223533874
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Athena. Material - marble. Roman work of the 2nd century AD after a Greek original from the 5th century BC. Provenance in 1922, formerly in the collection of the Demidovs. Collection of the State Hermitage Museum. Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Athena Pallas - in ancient Greek mythology, the goddess of wisdom, military strategy and tactics, one of the most revered goddesses of Ancient Greece, who was included in the number of the twelve great Olympic gods, the eponym of the city of Athens. She is also the goddess of knowledge, arts and crafts; warrior maiden, patroness of cities and states, sciences and craftsmanship, intelligence, dexterity, ingenuity
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