Athena springs forth from his head born ready equipped with a shield.
Birth of athena attic cup.
Odysseus and athena at the meeting with nausicaa attic red figured amphora from vulci 440 bc staatliche antikensammlungen.
Athena depicted as a child brandishes a spear and is equipped with a shield and a peaked helm.
The king of the gods is seated on a stool and holds a royal sceptre in his hand.
Attic red figure cup nationalmuseet chrviii458 jpg 3 609 2 766.
The king of the gods is seated on a throne decorated with the head of a swan and brandishes a lightning bolt in his outstretched hand.
490 bce athena and adrastus by syleus painter c.
Birth of athena zeus came to lust after metis and chased her in his direct way.
Later when he complained of terrible headaches hephaistos split open his head with an ax.
Athena stands upon the lap of zeus following her birth from his brow.
Attic black figure exaleiptron of the birth of athena from the head of zeus c.
500 bce athena promachos by berlin painter c.
April 30 1975 lot.
Birth of athena in ancient greek pottery 1 c 4 f.
Christie s london london christie s london april 30 1975 sale cat.
Cornelius vermeule and dietrich von bothmer notes on a new edition of michaelis part iii american journal of archaeology 63 1959.
The birth of athena.
570 560 bc by the c painter attic red figure kylix of athena promachos holding a spear and standing beside a doric column c.
Attic black figure band cup c.
According to the greeks athena was born in this astonishing manner after her father zeus had swallowed her.
She changed into various creatures such as hawks fish and serpents.
550 bce athena and votary by myson c.
Room of athena as patron of the city.
Black figure pottery painting also known as the black figure style or black figure ceramic greek μελανόμορφα melanomorpha is one of the styles of painting on antique greek vases it was especially common between the 7th and 5th centuries bc although there are specimens dating as late as the 2nd century bc.
The goddess athena in full armour springs out of the head of an enthroned zeus.
The pair are flanked by the twin eileithyiae birth goddesses who act as midwives with raised arms.
Frank brommer die geburt der athena jahrbuch des romisch germanischen zentralmuseums mainz 8 1961.
An oracle had told zeus that he would be dethroned by the son that he would have with metis his first wife.
To avoid this fate he swallowed metis who was already pregnant with their daughter.