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A Note on the Athena Parthenos
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 September 2013
Abstract
The decoration on the shield of the Athena Parthenos is discussed, in particular the value of the evidence of vase-painting for the gigantomachy on the inner side. The painted representation on the inner side of the Strangford shield is compared, showing the general relationship, but the conclusion is that we cannot be dogmatic about their relation to each other or the shield of the Parthenos.
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Acknowledgement. I would like to acknowledge the help and advice of Professor J. Boardman and Dr O. Palagia.
Abbreviations In addition to standard abbreviations, I have used the following:
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7 Smith 133.
8 Naples 2045. ARV 2 1338. Para 481. Addenda 183. Vian, Répertoire no. 389 pl. 44.
9 Karlsruhe 259. ARV 2 1315.1. Para 477. Addenda 180. CVA pls 22.4.5, 23, 24.1 5.
10 Leningrad, Baksy 8. Eye of Greece 149 81 pls. 41 5a
11 AZ 23 (1865) 33–48 pls. 196 7. BMC Sculpture 1 (1892) no. 302 (A. H. Smith).
12 Smith 137.
13 von Salis 99 (‘in enger Beziehung zum Schilde der Athena Parthenos steht’).
14 AM 69–70 (1954–5) 101 (‘von allen Darstellungen kann nur die des Neapler kraters eine Beziehung zur Schildgigantomachie haben’ (Walter's italics)).
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17 von Salis 98.
18 Smith 137.
19 e.g. in the tondo of Berlin 2531, a cup of the last quarter of the fifth century (ARV 2 1318.1. Para 478. Addenda 181. Vian, Répertoire no. 388 pl. 43).
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21 Berlin 2293. ARV 2 370.10. Para 365, 367. Addenda 111. Vian, Répertoire no. 334 pl. 35.
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24 158.
25 Eye of Greece 159.
26 121 (‘nichts anderes als jenes Gemäldes des Parthenosschildes selbst!’).
27 J. Boardman, Eye of Greece 21.