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<p>[QUOTE="SeptimusT, post: 3879161, member: 91240"]Interesting. I think that the fact that New Style tetradrachms depict Athena's hair in the same position is telling. Her hair is usually free flowing there, as is usual for Athena. However, I noted some Archaic sculptures do show her with quasi-braided hair. Here is the pediment from the Old Temple of Athena in Athens, from circa 500 BC (the same time as some of the early Athenian tetradrachms): </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1024754[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Likewise, the Athena from the Temple of Aphaea, circa 500 BC: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1024755[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SeptimusT, post: 3879161, member: 91240"]Interesting. I think that the fact that New Style tetradrachms depict Athena's hair in the same position is telling. Her hair is usually free flowing there, as is usual for Athena. However, I noted some Archaic sculptures do show her with quasi-braided hair. Here is the pediment from the Old Temple of Athena in Athens, from circa 500 BC (the same time as some of the early Athenian tetradrachms): [ATTACH=full]1024754[/ATTACH] Likewise, the Athena from the Temple of Aphaea, circa 500 BC: [ATTACH=full]1024755[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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