Sacred Athena

Athena on a bronze mirror

Box Mirror with Head of Athena, 330–270 BCE. The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1972.66.

Box Mirror with Head of Athena, 330–270 BCE. The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1972.66.

Caption note The museum suggests the Athena relief may have been reused from a different ancient object. Athena on a mirror is unusual; do not treat this as standard cult equipment.

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