The statue of Athena had been housed in ... Manchester tells Elena Goukassian of the Art Newspaper. But the Roman statue distinctly depicts the Greek goddess, with her signature helmet and aegis ...

The pervasive myth of the wise owl, meanwhile, likely originated with legends of the Ancient Greek goddess Athena. The goddess of wisdom, Athena was often portrayed in art holding an owl ...

She was worshiped all over the Greek ... goddess. Recounted by Apollodorus, after her birth Athena was raised by the river god Triton, who had a daughter named Pallas. Both girls were trained in ...

Incorporating the first three letters of the city name—ΑΘΕ—with then-iconic images of the patron goddess Athena and her owl, the Athenian tetradrachm was among the most widely traded and most ...

Yet, against the odds, the Halsted A&A Foundation has managed to secure an extraordinary piece: an early 1st-century CE Roman statue of the Greek goddess Athena ... 13 at the Art Institute ...

An ancient Roman statue of Athena, unseen for almost 300 years, is resurfacing in Chicago. The 1st-century C.E. sculpture of the Greek goddess was ... including those of art history, restoration ...

Athena, the mythical Greek Goddess of Wisdom ... It includes the North American burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia. In 1994, ancient art was discovered adorning the walls of Chauvet Cave in ...