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Greek
Black-Figure Lekythos (Storage Vessel), ca 510-500 BC
"But Zeus's daughter Athena spurred the Argives on -- Athena first in glory, third-born of the gods -- whenever she saw some slacker hanging back."
-- Homer, Iliad
The goddess Athena accompanies three heavily armed soldiers (hoplites) as they charge into battle while a white-robed charioteer guides the chariot. |