tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post2763746075767861107..comments2024-03-27T09:04:12.454-07:00Comments on Baring the Aegis: On the statue of Athena PromachosElani Temperancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05611003885755154591noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post-51437311156413285542019-02-06T19:12:58.302-08:002019-02-06T19:12:58.302-08:00Is it not more likely that the 'Athena Medici&...Is it not more likely that the 'Athena Medici' represents Pheidias's Athena Areia for Plataea, a colossal acrolith of marble and gilded wood - similar in size to the Promarchos? And of course, the painting used for this article could hardly portray the actual view from the sea, with the statue towering above the Parthenon, if the Promarchos was indeed 30 feet high, somewhat less than the Parthenos which stood inside her temple.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00146044673978917881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post-72663899035623505062016-12-10T09:23:46.982-08:002016-12-10T09:23:46.982-08:00Interesting article as always, Elani! :)Interesting article as always, Elani! :)Francescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212230125166181620noreply@blogger.com