A Roman Athena from the Pnyx and the Agora in Athens

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ID9327675
AuthorsAileen Ajootian (corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume78
Issue4
Pages481-499
Publication date2009-12-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHesperia The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-098X • E-ISSN: 1553-5622
PublisherAmerican School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2972/hesp.78.4.481
OpenAlexW2082929270
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited11

Two fragments of marble sculpture, one found in late fill on the Pnyx and the other in the Athenian Agora, join to form part of a large helmeted head, probably from a Roman statue of Athena. Unusual, wavelike curls escaping from beneath the helmet suggest a date in the mid-1st century A.D. The Pnyx/Agora statue may have been commissioned in Athens during a period of renewed interest in the Panathenaic festival by Athenians who saw the promotion of their city's religious traditions as a way of enhancing their own status and that of their city

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