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<p>[QUOTE="savitale, post: 3879146, member: 95284"]True, but I have not found any examples of Athena wearing her hair in braids, or any cases at all of the braids curving back up. In all examples of sculpture or pottery I have found where you can see Athena's hair it is free flowing below her helmet. The "hair" on the coins doesn't look much like the hair on these kouroi and kore.</p><p><br /></p><p>So why did this "official" portrait of Athena suddenly get an up-do?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="savitale, post: 3879146, member: 95284"]True, but I have not found any examples of Athena wearing her hair in braids, or any cases at all of the braids curving back up. In all examples of sculpture or pottery I have found where you can see Athena's hair it is free flowing below her helmet. The "hair" on the coins doesn't look much like the hair on these kouroi and kore. So why did this "official" portrait of Athena suddenly get an up-do?[/QUOTE]
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