Athena Capitoline

Athena Capitoline
c. 150-50 BCE. Capitoline Museum S37, Rome.

• The goddess is dressed in a long peplos, encircled just below the breast by a sash, originally made of metal. A cloak descends from her shoulders down her back, which at the front takes the form of the usual aegis (a goatskin) protected by the central Gorgon head and snakes.
• The left arm, bent and outstretched from the body, holds a shield (perhaps the result of an 18th-century restoration, in place of the previous metal shield); in the right hand must have been a long spear, resting on the ground.
• On her head she wears a tall helmet, also the result of various restorations to replace the usual type, Corinthian and metal.
• The statue is derived from an Attic original from the end of the 5th century BCE.
• This statue of Athena is in the Lobby of the Capitoline Museum.

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