Greek Roman Goddess Athena Minerva Sculpture BUST

Item No. 5069

The Athena Pallas is one of the most important busts surviving of the Greek goddess Athena (Roman Minerva) because it was carved of Parian marble, found on the island of Crete, and believed to be carved by the sculptor Cephisodote from the late Classical period in the 4th century. Athena--as the Greek goddess of wisdom, skills and warfare--was one of the twelve Olympians. Here she is depicted wearing her traditional helmet.

Reproduced after an ancient original in the Louvre Museum, Paris.

Made of cast stone. Cast stone is a type of gypsum cement whose properties are much different from plaster of paris which is what most sculpture shops use. Unlike plaster, which is soft, light and weak, cast stone is hard, heavy and strong. Cast stone feels like, and is heavy like a real stone would be, which can be experienced as soon you try to lift it.

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