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Cape Artemisium God

Zeus or Poseidon. The question is, did it hold the three-pronged spear or trident of the god of the sea, Poseidon, or is it throwing a thunderbolt like Zeus, the king of heaven? Zeus appears in a similar pose in bronze statuettes and on coins and vases. Note the unusually long arms

Material:

Bronze

Location of Original:

Athens National Museum

Size:

2.09m

Accession:

Purchased from the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, in 1933

References:

Lippold: Griechische Plastik, 131 (n.13), pl. 37.3
Beyen, HG & Vollgraff, W: Argos et Sicyone (1947), 41-, pls. V-VI
Robinson, CA: American Journal of Archaeology XLIX (1945), 121-
Mylonas: American Journal of Archaeology XLVIII (1944), 143-
Annual of the British School at Athens XXXVII (1936-7), pls. 26-30
Beyen, HG: La Statue d’Artemision (1930)
Journal of Hellenic Studies XLIX (1929), 141-4

Date:

c.460 BCE

Provenance:

Found in the sea off Cape Artemisium, Euboea, 1928

Number:

103

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