Athena on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi

Athena on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi
About 513-500 BCE. Height 2.30 m (at apex of pediment). Archaeological Museum, Delphi.

• The subject of the West Pediment of the Temple of Apollo is the Gigantomachy.
• The figure of a fighting female, moving left, wears a chiton (much of the painted decoration of the dress is still visible) and short himation
• At the top of the fragment a mass of stone which appears to protrude beyond the folds of the himation is usually identified as an aegis, and thus the figure as Athena.
• No part of its surface remains, but the mass suggests that it covered both shoulders and extended behind her.
• Drilled holes have been interpreted as points of attachment for the snakes.
• Suggested attribution to Antenor.

More Views

• Chiton Detail
• Right View
• Left View
• Temple of Apollo, West Pediment

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