Hephaistos and Athena
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statues and note that tin was bought for 'the floral ornament
\dnthemon) beneath the shield.' Hence E. Reisch1 concludes that the
statues in question were two bronze effigies of Hephaistos and
Athena. Further, since a famous statue of Hephaistos, standing and
so draped as to minimise his lameness, is known to have been made
for Athens by Alkamenes2, and since Athena with her shield sup-
Ported on a floral ornament is a type existing in several replicas3
which are held to reflect more or less closely the style of that great
sculptor, Reisch not unreasonably attributes the whole group to
him4. B. Sauer5, accepting these results, goes further and attempts a
restoration on paper (fig. 136), which may at least give us some notion
°f Alkamenes' group. Athena thus linked with Hephaistos came
E. Reisch be. cit. p. 56 ff.
2 Cic. de not. deor. 1. 83, Val. Max. 8. 11. ext. 3.
3 E.g. the Athena of the Musee Cherchel (Reisch be. cit. p. 64 ff. fig. 33), the
Athena from Crete in the Louvre (id. ib. p. 72 f. fig. 35), the Athena of the Villa
B°rghese (id. ib. p. 74 ff. fig. 36).
1 E. Reisch in the Eraitos Vindoboncnsis Wien 1893 p. 31, id. 'Athene Hephaistia
w ine/a/iresA. d. ocst. arch. Inst. 1898 i. 55—93 with pi. 3 and figs. 31—38.
6 B. Sauer Das sogoianntc Theseion Leipzig 1899 P- J4*> ff- ('Rekonstruktion') with
% on p. 25o( = my fig. 136).
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statues and note that tin was bought for 'the floral ornament
\dnthemon) beneath the shield.' Hence E. Reisch1 concludes that the
statues in question were two bronze effigies of Hephaistos and
Athena. Further, since a famous statue of Hephaistos, standing and
so draped as to minimise his lameness, is known to have been made
for Athens by Alkamenes2, and since Athena with her shield sup-
Ported on a floral ornament is a type existing in several replicas3
which are held to reflect more or less closely the style of that great
sculptor, Reisch not unreasonably attributes the whole group to
him4. B. Sauer5, accepting these results, goes further and attempts a
restoration on paper (fig. 136), which may at least give us some notion
°f Alkamenes' group. Athena thus linked with Hephaistos came
E. Reisch be. cit. p. 56 ff.
2 Cic. de not. deor. 1. 83, Val. Max. 8. 11. ext. 3.
3 E.g. the Athena of the Musee Cherchel (Reisch be. cit. p. 64 ff. fig. 33), the
Athena from Crete in the Louvre (id. ib. p. 72 f. fig. 35), the Athena of the Villa
B°rghese (id. ib. p. 74 ff. fig. 36).
1 E. Reisch in the Eraitos Vindoboncnsis Wien 1893 p. 31, id. 'Athene Hephaistia
w ine/a/iresA. d. ocst. arch. Inst. 1898 i. 55—93 with pi. 3 and figs. 31—38.
6 B. Sauer Das sogoianntc Theseion Leipzig 1899 P- J4*> ff- ('Rekonstruktion') with
% on p. 25o( = my fig. 136).