To: AnAmericanMother
This is the copy in Nashville. That's real 24k gold, BTW.
And note that the little statue in Athena's hand is life size.
19 posted on
02/26/2006 7:18:52 PM PST by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: FreedomCalls
That's a Nikh or Victory (they named the tennis shoes after her, not the other way around). The incarnation of Athena on the Parthenon is Aqena Nikh - Athena of Victory.
25 posted on
02/27/2006 6:12:40 AM PST by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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