Mann, Charles Eben, 1844- · New York, Chicago, The Prang educational company · leaf 81
TUE OF ATHENE We have learned how Athene became the favor-ite goddess of Athens, and also, that once in fouryears all the people of the city joined in a greatreligious festival that ended in a grand processionin her honor. We have read, too, of the beauty ofher temple, the Parthenon, in the east… … Athene—(Vatican, Rome) ATHENE that same great sculptor. That is why a fairlygood copy of a statue by Pheidias is so highlyprized, and even these copies are very few. About three hundred years ago an art-lovingItalian gentleman by the name of Vincenzo Guis-tiniani came into possession of a statue of…
Mythology, Greek · Art and mythology
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