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    Athena Medici
    This statue of Athena is a copy of an original of about 440-430 BCE.
    She wears a chiton beneath peplos with belted overfall, aegis and cloak hanging at the back, once with shield and spear.
    Since several other copies are acrolithic it has been thought a copy of an original acrolith (by Phidias for Plataea ; or by Kolotes for Elis), but has also been associated with Athena Promachos or the Athena of the Parthenon east pediment.
    Close to the Parthenon pediment style.
    440-430 BCE, Height 2.45
    Paris, Louvre 3070

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