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Athene (also spelled Athena) is the patron of wisdom, military victory, and women's crafts. She is also known as Tritogeneia and Minerva (Roman) and is also called Pallas Athene. Her attributes in iconography include the aegis (a fringed cloak, sometimes decorated with a Gorgon's head), the helmet, and the spear.

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Images

Ancient Sources

• Judgement of Paris: Image
  Ivory comb, ca 600 BC, MM

• Birth of Athene: Image
  Painter C, ca 570 BC, MM

• Birth of Athene: Image
  Phrynos Painter, ca 560-550 BC, MM

• Perseus, attended by Athene, slaying the Gorgon Medusa: Large image, 50% image
  Selinus (Selinunte), ca 560-550 BC, AS

• Judgement of Paris: Image
  Antimenes Painter, ca 530 BC, MM

• Athene, Hera, and Demeter: Large image, 50% image
  Delphi, ca 525 BC, AS

• Athene: Image
  Treasury of the Siphnians at Delphi, ca 525 BC, AS

• Athene, Heracles, Cerberus, Hades, Persephone in Underworld: Image
  Leagros Group, 520 BC, MM

• Birth of Athene: Overview, Detail
  Info, Archaic

• Athene and two draped males: Overview, Detail
  Info, Archaic

• Heracles and the Nemean Lion: Overview, Detail
  Info, Archaic

• Heracles and the Nemean Lion: Overview, Detail
  Info, Archaic

• Heracles and the Erymanthean boar: Overview, Detail
  Info, Archaic

• Coin: Reverse
  Info, Archaic

• Athene by an altar (Side A and Side B): Overview (Side A), Detail (Side A), Overview (Side B), Detail (Side B)
  Info, Archaic

• Athene and Heracles fight giants: Overview, Detail
  Info, Late Archaic

• Heracles and the Cretan Bull: Overview, Detail
  Info, Late Archaic

• Athene: Image
  Temple of Aphaia in Aegina, ca 500-490 BC, MM

• Athene: Large image, 50% image
  Temple of Aphaia in Aegina, ca 500-490 BC, AS

• Athene, Theseus, Dionysos and Ariadne: Image
  Syleus Painter, ca 470 BC, MM

• The Creation of Pandora by Athene and Hephaistos: Large image, 50% image
  Tarquinia Painter, 470-460 BC, MM

• Mourning Athene: Large image, 50% image
  ca 460 BC, AS

• Athene holding an owl: Image
  Bronze statuette, ca 450 BC, MM

• Birth of Erichthonios: Image
  Codrus Painter, ca 450 BC, MM

• Athene and a youth: Overview, Detail
  Info, Early Classical

• Athene standing: Overview, Detail
  Info, Early Classical

• Coin: Obverse, Reverse (Owl)
  Info, Classical

• Birth of Erichthonios: Image
  Painter of Munich 2413, ca 470 BC, MM

• Athene, Heracles supporting the sky, and Atlas: Image
  Olympia, temple of Zeus, ca 470-456 BC, MM

• Athene and Marsyas: Image
  Myron, 450 BC, MM

• Athene Lemnia: Large image, 50% image
  Pheidias, Roman copy, ca 450 BC, MM

• Athene and Hephaistos: Large image, 50% image
  Athens Parthenon, ca 438-432 BC, AS

• Poseidon and Athene: Image
  Athens, Parthenon, 437-432 BC, MM

• Athene Parthenos: Image
  Reconstruction at the Royal Ontario Museum,, original 438 BC.

• Athena Parthenos: Image
  Replica at the Nashville Parthenon, NP

• Athene: Large image, 50% image
  Roman bust after original bronze cult statue attributed to Kresilasca, ca 430-420 BC, AS

• Athene Promachos: Overview, Detail
  Info, Late Classical

• Poseidon and Athene: Image
  Karneia Group, early 4th century BC, MM

• Marriage of Heracles and Hebe: Overview, Detail
  Info, Late Classical

• Athene seizing the Giant Alcyoneos by the hair: Large image, 50% image
  Great Altar of Zeus at Pergamon, ca 180-175 BC, AS

• Athene: Image
  Lanckoronski relief, 1st century BC, MM

Later Representations in Art

• Pallas Athene taming a Centaur: Image
  Botticelli, Sandro, 15th century, WT

• Judgement of Paris: Image
  Cranach, Lucas, 1508, MM

• Minerva victorious over Ignorance: Image
  Spranger, Bartholomeus, ca 1591, MM

• Judgement of Paris: Image
  Rubens, Peter Paul, 1635-1637, MM

Also see Athene texts.

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