Thanks for this! I'm sure it is Athena or Minerva. I've got a couple of small reproductions and she is wearing a similar aegis, but her clothes are different. I think they might be Roman rather than Greek though.
Yes, I highly doubt it's anybody else. There is a very similar statue in Louvre but there is almost nothing left of her head crest and there is no arms.
In this statue, it's most likely the remnant of spear in her right hand and artichoke in left. I couldn't find any association between Athena and artichoke, but found an frequent mentioning of the mortal woman Cynara with whom Zeus fall in love and took her to Mt. Olympus. But she wasn't happy there and pined for her home, so Zeus turned her into artichoke. The legend sounds more Roman than Greek but I wasn't able to trace the original author.
Nice image of the Statue, she looks amazing in that pose, i like her dress, I sure would have loved to see a weapons in her hands and surrounded by an animal. Anyways thanks for posting it. I had hard time finding cool images of Roman and Greek Goddesses on Google images.
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In this statue, it's most likely the remnant of spear in her right hand and artichoke in left. I couldn't find any association between Athena and artichoke, but found an frequent mentioning of the mortal woman Cynara with whom Zeus fall in love and took her to Mt. Olympus. But she wasn't happy there and pined for her home, so Zeus turned her into artichoke. The legend sounds more Roman than Greek but I wasn't able to trace the original author.
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