Head of Athena

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This is a marble head-portrait sculpture of Athena, a legendary deity revered for numerous attributes. She embodies the qualities of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law and justice, strategic warfare, mathematics, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, and skill. She is notably renowned for her exceptional strategic prowess in combat and frequently depicted as a trusted companion to heroes. Athena serves as the patron deity of courageous endeavors. Athena's origins are shrouded in myth, with one widely cited story claiming she was born from Zeus after he experienced an intense headache and she emerged fully grown and armored from his forehead. Despite having no mother, it is often said that Zeus mated with Metis, the goddess of cunning thought and wisdom, then swallowed her whole fearing she would give birth to a child more powerful than him due to a prophecy – but she had already conceived.