British Museum Parthenon West Pediment H Hermes Ancient Greece The masterpieces that form its collection offer a comprehensive overview of the character and historical course of the site that became a global landmark of both the ancient and the modern world. Much of what remains of the western pediment is in the british museum. busts (very damaged) of athena, poseidon, amphitrite, hermes and iris (west l, m, o, h and n) are preserved.
British Museum Parthenon West Pediment M Poseidon Ancient Both sculptural themes involve the goddess athena to whom the temple was dedicated. in the east pediment the goddess is depicted in the moment of her birth, while in the west pediment, she is competing with poseidon for becoming the city’s patron. The west pediment showed the mythical contest between athena and poseidon for supremacy over the land of attica. the fragment preserves two coils of the body of a snake, carved separately from the snake tail of figure b (usually identified as kekrops) on the ground between b and c. The west pediment was the one that faced visitors and worshippers as they approached the parthenon. the pediment is in a poor state of survival, but drawings made by jacques carrey in 1674 show many of the figures now lost, including athena and poseidon who dominated the centre. Oreithyia from the west pediment of the parthenon (2 f) the following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total.
British Museum Parthenon West Pediment L Athena Ancient Greece The west pediment was the one that faced visitors and worshippers as they approached the parthenon. the pediment is in a poor state of survival, but drawings made by jacques carrey in 1674 show many of the figures now lost, including athena and poseidon who dominated the centre. Oreithyia from the west pediment of the parthenon (2 f) the following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. The west pediment sculptures depict the contest between athena, goddess of wisdom, and her uncle poseidon, god of the seas, to see who would become the patron god of attica and its capital city. In sum, mitsios’ treatise offers fresh insights on the most famous athenian monument. unlike the east pediment, where a goddess is awaited by the olympians, the west shows that family matters, specifically when kourotrophy is shown between the athenian families of kekrops and erechtheus. The shapes of their bodies are clearly visible beneath swirling fabric, and their positions become increasingly reclined as the sculptures reach the narrow points of the triangular pediment. on the west pediment is athena’s contest with the sea god poseidon for domination of the region around athens. Athena's strife with poseidon (west pediment): the subject and setting are given by pausanias (paus. 1.24.5), who says the pediment represents the struggle between athena and poseidon for the land of attica.
British Museum Parthenon West Pediment M Poseidon Back Ancient The west pediment sculptures depict the contest between athena, goddess of wisdom, and her uncle poseidon, god of the seas, to see who would become the patron god of attica and its capital city. In sum, mitsios’ treatise offers fresh insights on the most famous athenian monument. unlike the east pediment, where a goddess is awaited by the olympians, the west shows that family matters, specifically when kourotrophy is shown between the athenian families of kekrops and erechtheus. The shapes of their bodies are clearly visible beneath swirling fabric, and their positions become increasingly reclined as the sculptures reach the narrow points of the triangular pediment. on the west pediment is athena’s contest with the sea god poseidon for domination of the region around athens. Athena's strife with poseidon (west pediment): the subject and setting are given by pausanias (paus. 1.24.5), who says the pediment represents the struggle between athena and poseidon for the land of attica.
British Museum Parthenon West Pediment H Hermes Back Ancient The shapes of their bodies are clearly visible beneath swirling fabric, and their positions become increasingly reclined as the sculptures reach the narrow points of the triangular pediment. on the west pediment is athena’s contest with the sea god poseidon for domination of the region around athens. Athena's strife with poseidon (west pediment): the subject and setting are given by pausanias (paus. 1.24.5), who says the pediment represents the struggle between athena and poseidon for the land of attica.
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