The glory that was Greece : a survey of Hellenic culture & civilisation (1911)
Stobart, J. C. (John Clarke), 1878-1933 · Philadelphia : Lippincott · leaf 175
Athenas arts were thoseof the craftsman, the potter, and the weaver. Athena, thougha fair, grey-eyed goddess, was nevertheless an enemy to love,wise in counsel and fond of battle. So strictly maidenly wasshe that they gave her a virgin birth. No female had a handin her making, for she sprang fully… … Plate XXIV. ATHENA PROMACHOS, FROM A PANATHENAICAMPHORA THE AGES OF TRANSITIONentirely free from magic and mystery, for Athena is em-phatically a civic goddess, having hardly any connection withthe powers of Nature. She is pure intellect. True, she hasa pugnacious aspect, she is armed with spear…
Art, Greek
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