Sculptures - Greek struck in the back from the shield of the Parthenos

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Greek struck in the back from the shield of the Parthenos
Top left group of the shield with Greek struck in the back, popularly called Kapaneus or Erechtheus.
The slab was completed by an Amazon attacking, uphill.
Copy at full size, height 0.60 m
2nd century CE
Rome, Villa Albani 20

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