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Proposed reconstruction of the east pediment in the Acropolis Museum, Athens. The east pediment, on the most sacred facade, evokes the birth of Athena before the other gods together, a theme already developed in the decor of ceramics, but never yet in sculpture.
The east pediment represented the birth of Athena. According to Greek mythology Zeus gave birth to Athena after a terrible headache prompted him to summon Hephaestus’ (the god of fire and the forge) assistance.
Marble statue of two female figures from the East pediment of the Parthenon (East pediment L and M). The East pediment showed the miraculous birth of the goddess Athena from the head of her father Zeus. Many of the figures from the central scene are now fragmentary or entirely lost.
The East pediment showed the miraculous birth of the goddess Athena from the head of her father Zeus. Many of the figures from the central scene are now fragmentary or entirely lost. This group survives as the heads and necks of two horses on a plinth.
14 gru 2014 · The east pediment depicted the birth of Athena (which connects nicely with the frieze's depiction of the Panathenaic Festival held on the goddess' birthday), whilst the west pediment showed the competition between Athena and Poseidon to become the patron of Athens, the former offering the Athenians a salty spring, the latter the first olive ...
16 lis 2020 · The identification of the Parthenon’s pediment Figures remains unsettled. It is thought that the east pediment depicted the birth of the goddess Athena (fully grown) from the head of her father, Zeus, though these central Figures are now lost.
Athens worshipping Athena and the West Pedi-ment shows Athena winning dominion over At-tica in the presence of the ancestors of the Atheni-ans. In the East Pediment, then, we are prepared to see not simply the birth of a great Olympian god-dess but the birth of a great Olympian goddess who is the special patron of Athens. C. J. Hering-
