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The Statue of Athena Promachos by the Greek sculptor Leonidas Drosis (1836-1882) in the gardens of the Academy of Athens on October 25, 2019.

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  • Athena Parthenos, another lost colossal statue that was originally located inside the Parthenon. Made by Phidias.
    • The statue was decorated with gold and stood similar to the Athena Promachos as it memorializes victory.[1]
  • Lemnian Athena, classical Greek statue also made by Phidias.
    • Pausanias states that the statue was a votive offfering. It was dedicated by the people of Lemnos.[2]
  • Varvakeion Athena, a 3rd-century Roman copy of the Athena Parthenos.
    • The statue was recreated during the Roman era. It stands similar to the Athena Promachos but has few key differences when looking at the decorations on the Varvakeion Athena, such as the headpiece.
Syracuse. Pyrrhos. 278-276 BC. Æ Litra (24mm, 10.44 g, 4h). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin; [cornucopia behind] / Athena Promachos right; wreath to left.

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  • Boardman, J. (1985). The Parthenon and its sculptures (1st University of Texas Press ed.). Austin: University of Texas Press.
  • Pollitt, J. (1990). The art of ancient Greece : Sources and documents. Cambridge [England] ; New York: Cambridge University Press.
  • Neils, J. (2005). The Parthenon : From antiquity to the present. Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press.
  • The Temple of Athena Nike at the Acropolis: Bibliography of the temple and the Athena Promachos
  • R.J.H.Jenkins, 1947. "The Bronze Athena at Byzantium", Journal of Hellenic Studies 67 pp 31–33.
  • Roy George, "Athena Promachos (Pheidias)": interpreting documentation of a Roman coin. Reconstructions of urbanistic context.
  • The pre-Phidian type of Athena Promachos, armed, striding forward, spear at the ready: votive bronze, ca 480 BCE (Archaeological Museum of Athens)
  • ATHENA PARTHENOS. (2013). Bulletin - Institute of Classical Studies, 56(S105P1), 69-272.
  • ATHENA LEMNIA, Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Volume 56, Issue Supplement_105_Part_1, May 2013, Pages 45–68, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-5370.2013.tb02573.x
  1. ^ ATHENA PARTHENOS. (2013). Bulletin - Institute of Classical Studies, 56(S105P1), 69-272.
  2. ^ ATHENA LEMNIA, Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Volume 56, Issue Supplement_105_Part_1, May 2013, Pages 45–68, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-5370.2013.tb02573.x