The owl of Athena 809
for obverse and reverse type an Athena advancing towards the
right between two prophylactic eyes. On both sides she wears
helmet, chiton, and himdtion. But, whereas the one design shows
her wingless, with shield and spear, the other shows her winged
and bearing an outstretched aigis. Similar curled oriental wings
are given to Athena on a small amphora found in Etruria and
Fig. 618.
and ^ ^6 ^ouvre1- The goddess, wearing a high-crested helmet
u carrying a spear, is seated on a folding-stool: her owl is
°in0 f ' Percnec' on tne tip °f her w'ng- Finally, on an
ffi~ . e ft°m Kameiros in the Bibliotheque Nationale at Paris
Co • • We see Athena, armed with a spear and a long-crested
an helmet, winging her way through the air as she bears
1 j,
,rf> Cat r°ttler Vas" antiques du Louvre 2mo Serie Paris 1901 p. 132 f. no. F 380 pi. 87,
I ^l??"*'louvre Hi. 810.
e <idder Cat. Vases de la Bibl. Nat. i. 172 f. no. 260 fig. 23 ( = my fig. 618).
for obverse and reverse type an Athena advancing towards the
right between two prophylactic eyes. On both sides she wears
helmet, chiton, and himdtion. But, whereas the one design shows
her wingless, with shield and spear, the other shows her winged
and bearing an outstretched aigis. Similar curled oriental wings
are given to Athena on a small amphora found in Etruria and
Fig. 618.
and ^ ^6 ^ouvre1- The goddess, wearing a high-crested helmet
u carrying a spear, is seated on a folding-stool: her owl is
°in0 f ' Percnec' on tne tip °f her w'ng- Finally, on an
ffi~ . e ft°m Kameiros in the Bibliotheque Nationale at Paris
Co • • We see Athena, armed with a spear and a long-crested
an helmet, winging her way through the air as she bears
1 j,
,rf> Cat r°ttler Vas" antiques du Louvre 2mo Serie Paris 1901 p. 132 f. no. F 380 pi. 87,
I ^l??"*'louvre Hi. 810.
e <idder Cat. Vases de la Bibl. Nat. i. 172 f. no. 260 fig. 23 ( = my fig. 618).