Athena in the Megarian Treasury Pediment
Gigantomachy
At the center Zeus, to the left Athena and Poseidon (crushing a
giant with a rock, the island Nisyros); to the right Hercules and Ares
(?); each deity with a giant foe and with serpentine familiars of the giants
in the corners (or, at the left, Poseidon's sea monster).
Pediment of the Megarian treasury at Olympia
After Bol and Herrmann
About 510-500 BCE
Width 5.95 m, Height 0.85 m
Olympia
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