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FROM THE PERSIAN DESTRUCTION
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shield, and wearing a huge helmet and the aegis. To suppose
this statuette, however, to be a prototype of the great bronze
statue of Athena Promachos from the hand of Phidias is
unwarranted.
One of the most interesting of the bronzes is a kind of
plaque, composed of two thin metal plates carefully nailed
together, each plate separately cast and representing the
Bronze Statuette of Athena.
Fig. 44.—Bronze Plaque. Relief of
Athena in Profile.
goddess Athena in profile. It was apparently intended as a
votive offering to be fastened to a base. In spite of its
archaic features this relief charms all who see it by the
exquisite finish of its workmanship and the delicacy and
grace of its outlines. Certain parts, such as the aegis and the
countenance, show traces of gilding. Brunn (74) has repre-
sented in comparison with this relief an archaic relief on
a stone coping round the mouth of a well at Corinth, which
shows Athena in the same attitude holding her helmet in
her left hand, and this suggests a similar restoration here.
Two heads of bronze are especially worthy of mention.
Hie first, found near the north wall, midway between the
105
shield, and wearing a huge helmet and the aegis. To suppose
this statuette, however, to be a prototype of the great bronze
statue of Athena Promachos from the hand of Phidias is
unwarranted.
One of the most interesting of the bronzes is a kind of
plaque, composed of two thin metal plates carefully nailed
together, each plate separately cast and representing the
Bronze Statuette of Athena.
Fig. 44.—Bronze Plaque. Relief of
Athena in Profile.
goddess Athena in profile. It was apparently intended as a
votive offering to be fastened to a base. In spite of its
archaic features this relief charms all who see it by the
exquisite finish of its workmanship and the delicacy and
grace of its outlines. Certain parts, such as the aegis and the
countenance, show traces of gilding. Brunn (74) has repre-
sented in comparison with this relief an archaic relief on
a stone coping round the mouth of a well at Corinth, which
shows Athena in the same attitude holding her helmet in
her left hand, and this suggests a similar restoration here.
Two heads of bronze are especially worthy of mention.
Hie first, found near the north wall, midway between the