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Athene Collection

Background imageAthene Collection: Greece / Athens / Acropolis

Greece / Athens / Acropolis
The interior of the PARTHENON, or Temple of Athene Parthenos, restored

Background imageAthene Collection: Greece / Custom / Pallas

Greece / Custom / Pallas
A procession in honour of Pallas Athene

Background imageAthene Collection: Ulysses at Her Majestys Theatre, London

Ulysses at Her Majestys Theatre, London - Constance Collier as Pallas Athene. The play was written by Stephen Phillips. 1902

Background imageAthene Collection: The Vic-Wells Season & Dance, Waterloo, London

The Vic-Wells Season & Dance, Waterloo, London, with portraits and signatures of creative staff, actors and actresses, including Tyrone Guthrie, Athene Seyler, Charles Laughton, Flora Robson

Background imageAthene Collection: The cast of Weep For Spring

The cast of Weep For Spring
Actors Stephen Haggard (1911-1943), Athene Seyler (1889-1990), Peggy Ashcroft (1907-1991)and Nicholas Hannen (1881-1972) in a publicity photograph for the play Weep For Spring

Background imageAthene Collection: ARACHNE INTO SPIDER

ARACHNE INTO SPIDER
Arachne is metamorphosed into a spider, because she boasted that her embroidery was better than that of the goddess Athene

Background imageAthene Collection: Bust of Athena. Roman sculpture after original of about 420

Bust of Athena. Roman sculpture after original of about 420
Athena. Goddess of wisdom, courage, law and justice. (Roman equivalent: Minerva). Bust of Athena. Roman sculpture after original of about 420 BC. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

Background imageAthene Collection: Athene & Spider Arachne

Athene & Spider Arachne
The goddess Athene turns the maiden Arachne into a spider for boasting that her embroideries were better than hers

Background imageAthene Collection: Faery Visions - In the Waters of Scamander

Faery Visions - In the Waters of Scamander
Aphrodite, Hera and Athene bathe in the River Scamander. Date: 1929

Background imageAthene Collection: Athena. Statue. Goddess of Wisdom and War. From Rome 2nd

Athena. Statue. Goddess of Wisdom and War. From Rome 2nd
Athena. Rome 2nd century AD. Marble. The helmet is pushed up on her forehead. It was decorated with a sphinx, while the cheek guards have rams horns in relief

Background imageAthene Collection: Little owl, Strix passerina, Athene noctua

Little owl, Strix passerina, Athene noctua.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821

Background imageAthene Collection: A Westland Wessex from HMS Fearless goes to the aid of t?

A Westland Wessex from HMS Fearless goes to the aid of t?
A Westland Wessex from HMS Fearless goes to the aid of the 6, 500-ton Greek Nostros Vasso Athene, on fire three miles from Grand Harbour, Malta, November 1976

Background imageAthene Collection: Athene blewitti, forest owlet

Athene blewitti, forest owlet
Donated to the Museum in 1954 by Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, it was discovered that he had in fact stolen the specimen from the Museum and changed its label

Background imageAthene Collection: Athene noctua, little owl

Athene noctua, little owl
Plate 37 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Background imageAthene Collection: Athene cunicularia, A. noctua, Glaucidium gnoma, Asio flamme

Athene cunicularia, A. noctua, Glaucidium gnoma, Asio flamme
Plate 432 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Background imageAthene Collection: Statue and government building, Munich, Germany

Statue and government building, Munich, Germany
View of the statue of Pallas Athene on the Maximilian Bridge, which crosses the River Isar in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. In the background is a goverment building

Background imageAthene Collection: Arachne into a Spider

Arachne into a Spider
Arachne is metamorphosed into a spider, because she boasted that her embroidery was better than that of the goddess Athene

Background imageAthene Collection: Little Owl perched on a branch

Little Owl perched on a branch
A Little Owl (Athene noctua) perched on a branch. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageAthene Collection: Pallas Athene

Pallas Athene
The goddess Athene, who watched over Odysseus (Ulysses) throughout his perilous travels

Background imageAthene Collection: Statue of Athene

Statue of Athene
PARTHENON The statue of Athene, sculpted by Pheidas, outside the Parthenon. (The Parthenon being the Temple of the Virgin Athene Parthenos)

Background imageAthene Collection: Coronis (Crow)

Coronis (Crow)
Coronis, daughter of Coronaeus king of Phocis, flees from amorous Poseidon/Neptune, and is saved by being turned into a crow by Athene (don t confuse Coronises)


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