Athena Pythis

Athena Pythis
About 510 BCE. Height of capital 0.25 m. Acropolis Museum 136.

  • Fragment of an Athena from the Acropolis by Pythis, dedicated by Epiteles (the same combination can be found on an Acropolis base).
  • The right foot is associated with a column ('the foot is unsurpassed in all archaic sculpture' - Payne).
  • The left foot was made separately.
  • The capital of its column survives.

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