Reconstruction of the Shield of the Parthenos

Reconstruction of the shield of the Parthenos
Original diameter about 4.8 m. After E. B. Harrison.

• Pliny says that it showed the battle of the Amazons on the exterior, and the Gigantomachy inside.
• The exterior of the shield, can be reconstructed in some detail. Its figures were probably of metal, perhaps gilt silver or bronze, affixed to a background which might also have borne decoration.
• The 'Phidias' is top center (with stone). 'Pericles' right of center, below (arm across face).
• In the group bottom left it is not clear whether the Amazon is being helped by a Greek (in which case, the friendly Antiope) or stabbed.

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