Athena Lemnia aegis
Athena wears a short, scaly breastplate, or aegis, fringed with curled snakes and adorned with a Gorgon's head.
This cross-slung aegis anticipates the
Athena of the Parthenon west pediment
.
Staatliche Museum, Dresden
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