Athena and Centaur by Botticelli

Pallas Athena and the Centaur
A Civilizing Force. Painted by Botticelli, 1482. Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze.

• Pallas Athena, the chaste Goddess of wisdom and patron of the arts, holds a guard's halberd and has captured a centaur - a symbol of lust and aggression.

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