Athena Nike Temple. East pediment. Part of a statue's torso

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Provision of image

Inventory number

Ακρ. 2791

Artist

Agorakritos' workshop

Category

Architectural sculpture

Period

Classical Period

Date

426-423 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.16 m
Length: 0.125 m
Width: 0.09 m

Material

Marble from Paros

Location

First Floor Case 34, Νο 6

Description
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Due to the adventures of the monument, preserved are only a few fragments from the pediments of the Temple of Athena Nike, which makes the identification of their subjects uncertain. It has been suggested that the east pediment featured the Gigantomachy and the west the Amazonomachy.

Part of a naked man’s torso. The figure raised his left hand and perhaps turned also his head to the same direction. Traces of a voluminous object which he would have held are retained on the torso’s right side and part of the chest.

Δεσπίνης, Γ., «Τα γλυπτά των αετωμάτων του ναού της Αθηνάς Νίκης», Αρχαιολογικόν Δελτίον, Μελέτες 29, 1974, σελ. 13-14, πίν. 18-19, αρ. κατ. 5
Λεβέντη, Ι., Πόλη σε κρίση, Αθήνα, 2014, σελ. 82-86