Athena on the Temple of Apollo at Eretria

Athena on the Temple of Apollo at Eretria
About 500-490 BCE. Height 0.74 m. Chalcis Museum 5.

• The gorgoneum on the aegis of the Goddess is exceptionally prominent.
• It recalls the earlier role of gorgons at the pediment centers.
• The Temple of Apollo at Eretria in Euboea was destroyed by the Persians on their way to defeat at Marathon in 490 BCE.
• The city had been closely associated with Athens, and despite the Temple's occupant it is Athena who stands at the pediment's center (this seems to be the back pediment, however).

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