Goddess Athena. Plaster Figure. 53x18x33cm

Description

Reproduction of a sculpture of the Goddess Athena.

Figure made of plaster. Piece made with special plasters and iron oxides. 100% natural materials.

Not suitable for outdoors.

Measurements: Height: 53 cm. Width: 18 cm. Depth: 33 cm.

Approx. weight: 9 kg.

Athena. 4th century BC. Greece. Aegina, Temple of Aphaia. Original in Paros marble. Louvre Museum.  Paris.

Athena, also called Pallas Athena, is the Hellenic goddess later identified in Rome as Minerva.  Pallas Athena, born armed from the head of Zeus, represents the wise man always ready to fight against error and ignorance.

She is the goddess of war whose attributes are mind and discretion, rather than courage and strength, which is why she was linked to military tactics. She is also the goddess of literature, and presides over the arts, a function in which she tends to supplant the Muses; however, she maintains a closer relationship with philosophy than with poetry and music proper. She is also the protector of crafts and industry, and was often chosen as protector and patroness of cities, as was the case in Athens, a city which even took her name.

Athena’s attributes were the spear, helmet and aegis. On her shield she fixed the Gorgon’s head, given to her by Perseus, which had the power to turn anyone who looked at it into stone. Her plant was the olive tree; and her animal was the owl, symbol of wisdom, because of its penetrating gaze capable of seeing in the dark, and because of its constant attention.