Athena Chalcioicus

Athena Chalcioicus
Bronze coin of the Emperor Gallienus (260-268 CE) showing the Athena of Gitiadas. Original of about 570-530 BCE. London.

• The Spartan sculptor Gitiadas made a bronze Athena for her Temple at Troy (Athena Chalcioicus - 'of the brazen Temple').
• Her dress is also apparently covered with bronze plates carrying panels with myth scenes.
• Pausanias describes the figure and we may get an idea of it from coins.

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