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CHAPTER XVI.
ATHENS.
The three Minervas of the Acropolis,
Diva triformis.
Hoa.
We pass a little to the northward from the
Temple of Minerva Parthenos to that of Minerva
Polias.
For the sake of distinctness with respect to this
important point of Athenian antiquities, let us here
say a word generally on the most remarkable cha-
racteristics of the three different Minervas of the
Athenian Acropolis1.
The first which the spectator saw when he had
entered the citadel from the Propylsea, was the colossal
Minerva of bronze2 standing erect, with helmet, spear
and shield. This Minerva was a work of Phidias.
From its position and attitude it was called the
1 Schol. Aristid. p. 320. Dindorf. Tpia naav dyaKpai-a iv 'A/coon-oXei
t/Js 'Adrjvds, €v fiev to dpxa^ov Kat o'lo-TreTes, en-epov to xa^K0^"» ° eve<rav
perd *rd Hepviicd, -rpitov to Q?ei$lout to «k xputrou Kal e\e<pavTOi nare-
tTKevaGfievov.
' Demosth. 428. 15. ij xa^"5> V /«yaXl A0t|»«-
ATHENS.
The three Minervas of the Acropolis,
Diva triformis.
Hoa.
We pass a little to the northward from the
Temple of Minerva Parthenos to that of Minerva
Polias.
For the sake of distinctness with respect to this
important point of Athenian antiquities, let us here
say a word generally on the most remarkable cha-
racteristics of the three different Minervas of the
Athenian Acropolis1.
The first which the spectator saw when he had
entered the citadel from the Propylsea, was the colossal
Minerva of bronze2 standing erect, with helmet, spear
and shield. This Minerva was a work of Phidias.
From its position and attitude it was called the
1 Schol. Aristid. p. 320. Dindorf. Tpia naav dyaKpai-a iv 'A/coon-oXei
t/Js 'Adrjvds, €v fiev to dpxa^ov Kat o'lo-TreTes, en-epov to xa^K0^"» ° eve<rav
perd *rd Hepviicd, -rpitov to Q?ei$lout to «k xputrou Kal e\e<pavTOi nare-
tTKevaGfievov.
' Demosth. 428. 15. ij xa^"5> V /«yaXl A0t|»«-