Cast Gallery catalogue number: C076

Athena wearing a helmet, and aigis decorated with a head of Gorgo. Her right hand rests on a column and holds a figure of Nike. Her left hand rests on a shield emblazoned with a head of Gorgo. A snake is coiled inside the shield.

• Plaster cast: Height: 1.04m.
• Copy of a marble statuette.
• The statuette:
  • is known as Athena Varvakeion.
  • is a 3rd century AD version of the original colossal gold and ivory statue of Athena Parthenos made by Pheidias in about 440 BC.
  • was found in Athens in 1880, north of the Varvakeion Gymnasium.
  • is now in Athens, National Museum, 129.